Clinton co-sponsored the Workplace Religious Freedom Act

[Egnever]

she didn't back off even after Republican senators such as Pennsylvania's Arlen Specter pulled their names from the bill citing concerns that the measure would protect those refusing to perform key aspects of their jobs—say, pharmacists who won't fill birth control prescriptions, or police officers who won't guard abortion clinics.

http://www.motherjones.com/cgi-bin/print_article.pl?url=http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/09/hillarys-prayer.html

This is what we get from her. Change indeed

[DJ13]

1. Clinton co-sponsored the Workplace Religious Freedom Act

Republican Lite.
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[annie1]

3. Is John Kerry a republican light too? cuz he *introduced* it.

[IndianaJones]

7. Republican lite Edward Kennedy supported it to. nt.

[annie1]

10. only obama is a democrat. therefore you must support him. lol

[Hobarticus]

8. Oh SNAP! Awwwk-warrrrrrd!

What to do?

[Hobarticus]

12. Man, how you gonna follow up your first post? That was CLASSIC!

Just kidding....welcome to DU!

[creeksneakers2]

2. That wasn't what the bill was written to do

The ACLU argued that that the courts could possibly interpret it that way. Its unlikely that the courts ever would though, as that would be contrary to all other case law. Many analysts disagreed with the ACLU interpretation of the bill.

The pharmacist and police abortion guard examples were picked to inflame opposition. The bill was intended for situations like Hasidic Jews who wanted to keep their long hair or members of non-Christian religions who wanted a religious holiday off.

[rodeodance]

6. thanks for the information. very much appreciated

[Hobarticus]

9. You people and yer fancy facts reallllly piss me off...eom

[jackson_dem]

4. Kerry introduced it and Kennedy also supported it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace_Religious_Freedom_Act

[Clintonista2]

5. Hush, facts have no place in a thread like this

[jackson_dem]

14. Why Hillary supported it

While our history is not perfect, as no human history can be, we do have a record of consistent progress and a striving to live up to the challenge that our founders presented us. So I think it's imperative that in the 21st century we continue to search deeply, examine our own consciousness about what religious liberty means today. What does freedom of thought, and belief, and conscience mean? The Workplace Religious Freedom Act which is currently pending in the Senate has been submitted for consideration in the Senate every year since 1997. I have been very proud to co-sponsor it ever since I have been a Senator. You know that this law would protect employees from being penalized by their employers for taking time off from their work to observe religious holidays, or Sabbaths, or being discriminated against in their workplace on account of religiously required clothing.

I know that the Seventh Day Adventist Church suffers from this discrimination on a regular basis. I was not aware of the statistic that James presented that 3 members of the church are facing discharge each day, being fired because of their religious beliefs, but we know that there are often many conflicts. You know, back in 1997, in the face of the continuing opposition to this act, my husband as President issued guidelines on religious exercise and religious expression in the federal workplace, which enhanced the protections that were available to those who worked in the federal government. But this legislation would extend those protections to everyone, and that is what we are seeking and we're going to continue to work on its behalf and I hope that this year will be the year, James, when we are successful in passing this. It is in the mind of the assurance that President Washington gave so many years ago.

http://clinton.senate.gov/~clinton/speeches/2005411B52.html

[Didereaux]

11. DLC pandering at its worst, in order to try and calm the zealots....stupid assumption.

[jackson_dem]

15. "Zealots" who want to take a religious holiday off, or the Sabbath, or wear religious clothing

Read the thread. ;)

[Didereaux]

16. Idid, and did again, and stand by my first post. I do not understand yours however?

[Clintonista2]

18. What's not to understand?

I don't believe, for example, that a muslim woman should be penalized for wearing a hijab while at work. Do you?

[terisan]

13. Thanks for the information.

[madrchsod]

17. thanks for that link it fills in some gaps

in her days in chicago. i have read other articles and were at a loss why she did`t see what was shown to her. i`m reading up on Niebuhr and Tillich sometime today. people go ape shit over obama`s faith but stay clear of hillary`s