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Twizted Humanitarian Crew
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 Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:13 am
FORT WORTH (CBS 11 News) ― A passenger on a Fort Worth bus says the T. Bus Service discriminated against her religion.
Christine Lutz says she was reading her Bible to her children when the bus driver asked her to stop or get off the bus.
Lutz, a Seventh Day Adventist, and her children were on their way to church.
"She then said, 'Well I don't think this is the place or the time to do so.' And I said, 'Oh, but it's the perfect time and the perfect place since it is our Sabbath and it is the time with the Lord and therefore I'm going to continue.' And I continued," she explained.
Then, a TRE supervisor came on board. Lutz also told him that she would not stop reading. She and her family were escorted off the bus.
"This was definitely a clear cut case of persecution," she said.
Or was it a clear cut case of policy?
"Anyone who is loud will be asked to be quiet," said representative Joan Hunter. "That is a standard policy across country in the transit industry."
It doesn't matter what is said, the T has a policy of no loud or abusive behavior.
"It's only if the other passengers will complain, or it's obviously so loud it's distracting the operator, that we will ask them to stop," Hunter explained.
There is no reason why people should be screaming about persecution, the constitution allows you to practice your religion, however there is no reason you have to be reading the bible out loud in a public transit vehicle.
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 8:50 am
Well, as long as it was strictly in accordance with the policy, I have no objection to this. This woman only has a case if she was reading quietly, and the other passengers did not complain. Then being asked to stop would not really be justifiable. But if she was reading too loud, disturbing the less religious of the passengers, then the bus operators were within their rights. I said quietly, not silently. How loud do you have to read to children that are supposedly sitting next to you? If she was reading quietly or softly, and not disturbing the other passengers, she has a case. If not then there is no call for cries of religious persecution.
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:06 am
Each individual company witholds the right to refuse service to anyone, and this policy can be enacted by the employees. So, yes it is discrimination on the the religious background, but it is legal discrimination and a civil right. The bus driver thought it was a disturbance so he threw the bible-reader out. In America, you are technically free to practice your own trains of thoughts, as long as you do not force your religion onto others, which any defense attorney for the driver; could see the bible-lady doing so.
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