Religious Discrimination? Atheist Forced To Take Client To Church
I work at a group home and it is within the client’s rights to attend church. I am atheist and I believe that it is within my rights to refuse to attend services. I said that I had no problem transporting and waiting in the parking lot, but they said that I have to go inside to monitor the clients. There are other people that are able to attend that would not be offended, only inconvenienced. The upper management said that because they were not forcing me to believe in the religion, it was not an infringement of my rights. I do not find this to be correct. What do you think? Who do I contact in Michigan to address this issue?
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I also work in a group home. Recently another staff started taking the clients to a church of her choice and insists all staff take them there. I attend a different church and religion, and have offered to take them with me, but was told no due to location (15 miles away). Other staff have offered before and been told no, although one client has always stated a desire to attend church. The clients have never been asked what church they’d prefer to attend. I do not attend churches that teach different than mine, do I have to take them?
You are not being asked to participate in services. You are there solely for the safety of the client. It’s part of your job.
Faith is the confident belief or trust in something. Since you have no faith in a supreme being, then you’re fooling yourself into believing that being in church is going to shake your atheist beliefs. What are you worried about, that you’ll go to hell or risk getting all warm and fuzzy inside from the good vibes of the service? In my personal opinion, there is no religious discrimination.