Monday, October 16, 2006
Taxis as a Signal of What's to Come?
The airport taxi stand may be the next venue in the conscience wars, though this battle appears one-sided. A Minneapolis airport official noted that the proposal to allow drivers to self-identify as not willing to transport passengers with alcohol triggered 500 comments from the public, not a single one of them supportive of the proposal. Apparently in other cities, Muslim taxi drivers have not only refused to transport passengers with alcohol, but also passengers with seeing-eye dogs. Daniel Pipes argues that accommodations in this area amount to the integration of Islamic law with state law.
I wonder: will the growing presence and visibility of Muslims make the public less amenable to religious accommodations across the board?
Rob
https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2006/10/taxis_as_a_sign.html