You are an Evangelical Christian.
You believe the bible.
You went to college, graduated, and now you want to get a job in a secular work world.
You have a degree in counseling,education, social work, pharmacology, medicine, etc.
You knew when you went to college to train for these types of jobs that you would have to work with people who come from all walks of life.
You knew not everyone would be a Christian or even your brand of Christian.
You knew you would be required to work with and help people who live differently from you.
You KNEW this.
You could have found work in a Christian setting, perhaps for a non-profit that is run by a Church, private college, or denomination.
But you didn’t.
You chose to take a secular job.
You chose to work for a government agency or a public institution.
You found out that America is not a Christian nation.
You found out that most people don’t really believe the Bible let alone read it.
You found out than even among Christians there is a hopeless myriad of opinions and beliefs.
Yet, knowing all this, you now are offended that your Evangelical Christian views aren’t respected?
You are offended that you are not allowed to follow your sincerely held convictions as you work with your patients, students or clients.
You are offended that your view on abortion or RU486 doesn’t matter. Abortion is legal.
You are offended that your view on premarital and extramarital sex doesn’t matter. After all….it’s legal.
You are offended you can’t teach religion as science or pray in the classroom.
You are offended that your view on homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, etc doesn’t matter.
The only thing that matters is the law.
Surely you remember the class where the professor talked about the law, and that you as a professional must never make value judgments.
Remember it is not about you.
It is about your patient,your student, your client.
If you are so offended over a requirement of your job please don’t clog up the courts with your frivolous discrimination suits.
Maybe there are some jobs Evangelicals like you can not in good conscience do.
So you have a choice.
Do your job or quit.
Save your religious moralizing for Sunday or whatever day it is you worship your God.
In a secular state such as ours we have separation of Church and State.
This protects people like me from people like you.
If I want to hear the “old old story” I’ll stop by your house of Worship.
If I want my children to be taught the creation myth or be prayed with I will do it myself.
But today……I expect you to do your job.
The job you trained for.
The job you are getting paid for.
You KNEW all this didn’t you?
So stop the feigned discrimination and martyrdom.
You are making yourself out to be a fool.
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Amen and amen!!