Nike is anti-religious, Christian phobic, and should be boycotted

What do you lunatics who are arguing for Nike think the reason for Civil Rights is? In the Civil rights act it bans discrimination on the basis of religious beliefs, nationality, race, sex, color.

What do you imagine the part about religious views being protected means?

There's no stipulation about whether or not it's bad for business. It's beyond that.

That's the same argument that if we don't allow discrimination on hiring blacks that customers will wane, and it's bad for business. That argument was made back in the 60s against Civil rights.

Manny is a member of a church, his religion teaches a standard about marriage. He holds that view, it IS a religious viewpoint. We are not supposed to fire people over religious, racial, color or sex reasons because it "might cause a drop in profits to associate with those people"

You are all sick in the head bigots.

Asakaka wrote:

they were hired as Christians

No. They were hired as ATHLETES, athletes who *happen* to be Christian. Why aren't you getting this? The irony in you calling us bigots for thinking Nike was in the wrong for firing a bigot is rich.

Something else you are not considering is Manny's contract. Anyone making that kind of coin from Nike would have one. My guess is that there are clauses in said contract that allow Nike to fire him if he does things to damage their brand. Another guess would be that calling an entire class of people "worse than animals" qualifies as a reason for contract termination.

People can be hired as accountants, plumbers, ticket takers, dish washers, geologists etc etc...and athletes or whatever. They are all protected. It doesn't matter what you are hired AS. Your religion, race, color sex and nationality are not grounds to fire you. It's discrimination.

The civil rights act protects employees against discrimination for religious viewpoint.

You hate the civil rights act. You bigot.

Everyone knows Christian denominations feel homosexuality is akin to beastiality, pedophelia, prostitution. You're ignorant. That's the official view of many denominations. You hire Catholics, you hire people who are members of a church with views.

They have a right to their views. No organization can fire them for it. It's a civil right.

" I suspect you'd want Nike to drop the guy even if he didn't mind gay marriage but you found out he was still a member of a church that does."

No, not at all. Why are you so over the top about this?

I'm over the top about it because I believe in Civil Rights. The Civil rights Act protection of religion is there PRECISELY because others may not like a religion and what it says.

If you people continue to want agenda to rule laws, you're going to find that one day you might not be in the Pc agendas graces

Polltaker wrote:

" I suspect you'd want Nike to drop the guy even if he didn't mind gay marriage but you found out he was still a member of a church that does."

Of course you do

It's how you think. You're basically confessing that you think no other way, you don't know another way. You think policies should be based in bias toward an agenda that's "approved" at the expense of others who don't agree with that pre approved agenda. Right now the approved PC agenda is "homosexuality is in, and any critique of it needs to be outcast and its proponent marginalized, fired, and ruined"

That's why you think that anyone who disagrees with that must apply similar philosophy in the opposite direction. You're wrong.

But they DO talk about their religion and they don't get fired for doing it. No one has serious problems with Christians speaking about their religion but commenting on political issues or insulting groups of people is not speaking about your religion. You're looking for proof of this "War on Religion" and you're determined to invent it.

You know, I'm actually feeling better about Nike than I have in quite some time between dumping Sharapova and this thread topic. The OP's probably doing them a favor with the publicity.

HRE wrote:

You know, I'm actually feeling better about Nike than I have in quite some time between dumping Sharapova and this thread topic. The OP's probably doing them a favor with the publicity.

Agreed. Although I still won't wear or buy Nike gear, I've got to say, the sacking of Sharapova disproves the OP zealot/bigot/all-around-D-bag's initial point: it isn't 1950. Global corporations don't give a shit about your Bronze Age superstitions. Get over it. Join the 21st century. I tolerate your nonsense. Hell, I have four buildings within a quarter mile (two are less than 200m) who weekly cram hope down people's throats with zero evidence. Christ, my wife goes to one.

Reality check: your monopoly is over. Most of us don't care about your 2,000 year old dictates, or your antiquated interpretation of reality. Get pissed at Nike? Start a boycott? That's your right. You won't make a dent religiously. Want to start a boycott regarding treatment of workers in the Third World? You'll get some folks behind that. Continue on your current tirade? You'll get crickets. Reason and evidence. Look into it. I'm sorry that your views don't get the privileged status they once did.

Sorry, that was aimed at the OP.

Asakaka wrote:

The civil rights act protects employees against discrimination for religious viewpoint.

You hate the civil rights act. You bigot.

For starters he's not an employee...

Asakaka wrote:

Christians have civil rights too.

Yes.

Sponsorship contracts is not one of them.

Asakaka wrote:

What do you lunatics who are arguing for Nike think the reason for Civil Rights is? In the Civil rights act it bans discrimination on the basis of religious beliefs, nationality, race, sex, color.

What do you imagine the part about religious views being protected means?

There's no stipulation about whether or not it's bad for business. It's beyond that.

Hm. So is it ok now if you discriminate someone because your religion says so?

If religious views are above civil rights, that's basically Sharia Law.

Polytheistic Christian wrote:

Asakaka wrote:

What do you lunatics who are arguing for Nike think the reason for Civil Rights is? In the Civil rights act it bans discrimination on the basis of religious beliefs, nationality, race, sex, color.

What do you imagine the part about religious views being protected means?

There's no stipulation about whether or not it's bad for business. It's beyond that.

Hm. So is it ok now if you discriminate someone because your religion says so?

If religious views are above civil rights, that's basically Sharia Law.

what does this have to do with ANYTHING? Manny isnt the employer. He isnt discriminating as an employer. He's the employee.

Civil Rights Law of 1964.

UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES

SEC. 2000e-2. [Section 703]

(a) Employer practices

It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer -

(1) to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual’s race, color, religion, sex, or national origin

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They fired him on account of his religious beliefs. I really hope people start suing these reactionary businesses when they do this. They deserve to be ripped apart in court.

Translation - you hate the Civil Rights Act. You're like a Dixiecrat.

Whats also hilarious is how you hear bigots saying "2000 year old" this or that.

Most of you who are for firing people over their religion, or black balling people on account of it, you are the antiquated thinkers. Your way of thinking is thousands of years of religious outcasting. It's the stuff of ancient Rome, or Egypt. It's the oldest most outdated thought process that you're literally in the Bronze age yourself. Stuck. Myopic.

Religious discrimination is an OLD tradition for bigots who can't progress to a modern age, where tolerance is the way. You have more in common with the King of England in 1600, than a Constitutional Republic of modern times. You're the reason pilgrims left the Old World because their religions were marginalized, and smeared.

You're the reason for an Exodus from Egypt. You're the reason for Anti-Semetism, Islamophobia, and every other institutional discrimination that was seen for centuries since man started keeping track.

Get with the modern times, bigot.