Not than anyone cares but the founding fathers set up the nation in the Declaration of Independence to be under 'Nature's God'.

This is commonly assumed to be the Christian God even though the founders are primarily known to have been diests and athiests.

Technically the statement should be One Nation Under Nature's God.

That God would naturually be which ever one you worship, not necessarily the one someone else worships.

References to the Christian God did not make any inroads into Government until the Civil War and then as partial concessions by the tyrant Lincoln to gain Northern support for the war by offering Christian Religious Groups something that they had long wanted and been denied.

Denied because the Republic was set up under Nature's God.

It was not until the 1900's God showed up in the Pledge of Alegiance. It was not until the 1950's that In God We Trust showed up on all of our currency. This was done in part because of McCarthyism and the battle against Communism with the biggest difference the Government propoganda could differntiate being the Communists are Godless so they started playing up Religious fervor to support the cost of the Cold War and growing the enslaving and bankrupting Military Industrial Complex.

Note how our theiving corrupt Government is not so blind nor stupid to claim "In government we trust".

Instead they implore you to take on faith something else people have been taught to believe in by faith and by extension of that faith in their God to grant equal faith in the Government.

This is the real danger of why the Founders did not want to mix religious and government insititutions they tend to corrupt one another.

They tend to pervert one another.

Regardless a dress code is a dress code. Nature's God is what ever God you want to make it!

Sorry Christians...cheer up, I am still lobbying to bring back the Lions and they keep saying no at the Health Department!

He diffinately got what he deserved. For one, if your employer has a dress code and you refuse to follow it, then they can let you go and hire people who do.

I don't go to work wearing my beliefs on my shirt. I certainly don't defend my right to do so in the work place as I have plenty of time for that outside the work place.

If he wasn't happy with the dress code, he could have quit. They gave him a chance to comply, he refused and got fired. I see no crime in that.

It's work, not church so get over it.

Religion has no place in the workplace, he can do his evangelizing elsewhere. I am sure people wouldn't have a problem with some Muslim being fired for wearing a button saying "Allah is great down with all you infidels!"

So if this was a Muslim or some one from the Jewish community whom was sacked over, being religious, I would guarantee you, there would be an outcry, over religious discrimination, and there would be those on ATS who would be calling this religious discrimination.

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About 2 years ago I saw some of the new UN rules to be implemented in the future.

One new rule was no prostelytizing in public or in the public square.

This would include wearing religious jewelry and religious paraphenalia in the workplace.

It would also mean no religious displays in or on government properties.

I assume it would also do away with those who pass out religious flyers on street corners as well, or moonies who try to sell you peppermint sticks and carnations at stop lights.

Originally posted by alyosha1981
It's a shame when the policy of a company goes to this length to avoid legal liability, this quote is in the pledge and last I checked The Home Depot is an American company.

Please go look up the history of the pledge.

And the core of what America is based on is E Pluribus Unum - - nothing to do with any god or under god.

Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
Not than anyone cares but the founding fathers set up the nation in the Declaration of Independence to be under 'Nature's God'.

This is commonly assumed to be the Christian God even though the founders are primarily known to have been diests and athiests.

How did you discern that?

From everything I've read - - they simply believed something/one created all things. Nature's God.

Of course a few were Christian pushing for the Christian god.

I hate and I mean I really hate to agree with Home Depot on this but I will. They are a business with rules that have been in place for employees to follow.

So the guy got away with it for a year. Maybe no one was offended until now. Being that no one was offended maybe none of the managers bothered to really read all of the rules in place about “trivial” things such as this, God knows our elected officials do not read most of the garbage laws they sign into being.

That being said I will agree with AshleyD on this and say it is great they can keep buttons such as this off of their employee’s aprons; I will keep my money from their store. I like Lowes better anyway, at least for the time being.

As another poster mentioned it would be interesting to see their regulations on jewelry employees are allowed to wear. I can say from personal experience of the past Wal-Mart is pretty lenient on jewelry that is worn and visible when it comes to employees. The jewelry in question was not Christian either so we can leave that argument out by saying they would have felt pressured by a large number of Christians.

Raist

Originally posted by Alethea
About 2 years ago I saw some of the new UN rules to be implemented in the future.

One new rule was no prostelytizing in public or in the public square.

This would include wearing religious jewelry and religious paraphenalia in the workplace.

It would also mean no religious displays in or on government properties.

I assume it would also do away with those who pass out religious flyers on street corners as well, or moonies who try to sell you peppermint sticks and carnations at stop lights.

I hope so.

Although - I don't have a problem with proselytizing. Within designated areas as long as when "NO" is indicated - it is immediately accepted.

Any and all areas designated must allow ALL and Any belief - including Scientology & Starseeds.

YAY RIGHT-TO-WORK STATE! Unions and stupidity can't help you here....BUH-BYE

Any and all areas designated must allow ALL and Any belief - including Scientology & Starseeds.

Scientology or what its name has nothing to do with the topic of discussion so why bring it up?

Scientology is not known as a universal religion, so please quit trying to promote it!

[edit on 29-10-2009 by Laurauk]

Originally posted by Laurauk

Any and all areas designated must allow ALL and Any belief - including Scientology & Starseeds.

Scientology or what its name has nothing to do with the topic of discussion so why bring it up?

Scientology is not known as a universal religion, so please quit trying to promote it!

[edit on 29-10-2009 by Laurauk]

Please quit trying to squash those who believe differently.

I am not a Scientologist - I believe every thing is energy - thought creates.

Why do you fear them? Why do you fear my post?

This thread is two fold. 1. company rules. 2. freedom to display your god.

That would be ALL gods or god belief.