Man demoted for refusing to wear make-up

Mountain_Girl406 said:

I don't know, if you're selling make-up and refuse to use the product you sell it can't be good for sales.
It would be like me wanting to work as a chef or server in a restaurant that serves meat. I doubt I'd be effective. ..."I haven't tried the steak, in my opinion it's wrong to eat meat, but if you want it...."

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Mountain_Girl406 said:

Does men wearing makeup as immoral fall into this category of a well documented religious belief? In other words, can one claim a religious beliefs prohibits them from doing something based on their own personal interpretation or does it have to be an accepted teaching of their church?

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"They went around the table. They gave us trays of makeup ... I said, 'I'm an ordained minister. I don't wear makeup.' But the instructor said, 'No, everyone needs to experience the makeup. You have to put the makeup on.' "

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pgp_protector said:

I just wonder, was this requirement known (or at least made known) before hand?
I.E. Did he miss the fine print in the employee handbook?

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pgp_protector said:

And then we also have the whole issue of should women even use makeup?
If he's going to use the Bible to prevent himself from using it, why would he then turnaround and support something (Makeup itself) that could go against the bible anyways?

Jeremiah 4:30 And you, O desolate one, what do you mean that you dress in scarlet, that you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold, that you enlarge your eyes with paint? In vain you beautify yourself. Your lovers despise you; they seek your life.

1 Timothy 2:9 Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire,

1 Peter 3:1-22 Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, ...

2 Kings 9:30 When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. And she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out of the window.

Revelation 2:20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

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Mountain_Girl406 said:

There are many pharmacists that don't use birth control. As long as they don't have a religious objection to it, it doesn't affect their job. But if they think it's immoral and don't want to sell it, then they might need to find a different job if their current one expects them to.

Like I've stated multiple times. ..if he doesn't care to wear it, fine, but then he has no grounds for religious discrimination. He's just a guy who doesn't like part of the job duties.

If. however, he thinks it's wrong for men to wear make-up because of his religious beliefs, then that could affect his ability to be a good salesman to part of the customer base. I'll ask again. ..is he comfortable selling make up and applying it to male customers? That's the heart of the question.

How can this be considered not discussing the OP? Is the only acceptable discussion nodding in agreement?

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Mountain_Girl406 said:

One last question before I'll leave this to a one sided discussion that seems to be prefered.
When you make comparisons to cases like wearing a head covering or not wanting to sell birth control, there's one other potential difference. It's pretty well understood that certain religions require a head cover, and others see birth control as immoral.

Does men wearing makeup as immoral fall into this category of a well documented religious belief? In other words, can one claim a religious beliefs prohibits them from doing something based on their own personal interpretation or does it have to be an accepted teaching of their church?

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