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Canada Post: Thanking the Lord is offensive
by Scott Gilbreath ~ January 25th, 2009
For over 25 years, many mail carriers at the post office in Cornwall, Ontario, departed for their daily rounds with the words, “Merci Seigneur pour la belle journée”. (In English, “Thank you Lord for the beautiful day”.) Following a mysterious human rights complaint, however, Canada Post management banned the phrase and threatened to discipline carriers uttering the verboten words.
Employees were told it was injecting religion into the workplace.
“When do you draw the line when one person’s human rights infringe on another person’s human rights?” asked veteran carrier Orvel Murphy.
He and another carrier were recently disciplined by management for using the departure blessing after being instructed not to.
If any of the carriers thank the Lord again, Murphy said, they’ll face suspension.
Canada Post area manager Cavelle Lane admitted that the ban was in place but refused to give further information, claiming that would breach unspecified policies.
If someone sneezes, Ms Lane better not say “God bless you” or she could find herself suspended and hauled before a human rights commission.
h/t: Stand Your Ground
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