In no battle too small to wage for "freedom from religions"? I wonder if these are the type of atheists who complain if someone says "God bless you" when they sneeze.
Restaurant drops prayer discount after fear of lawsuit
Then somebody posted a photo of their receipt on Facebook and it went viral. The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent her a letter threatening a lawsuit and she decided to drop the discount.
I think there's a big unstated reason why this discount wasn't advertised: If everybody knew about it, then everyone would be praying it up and demanding a discount. The restaurant would become unprofitable or at least significantly less profitable. She couldn't afford to give this discount to everyone IOW. The threatening letter gave her a very convenient out: "I'm being threatened by mean atheists, so I have to end this discount!"
I actually think it would have been more interesting if they had stayed out of this and let the policy die for a better reason: Hordes of angry praying customers demanding their 15% discount. In another article she even said that they only gave the discount when they were "moved to do it", so presumably even some public prayers hadn't been given the discount in the past. They simply could not afford to give it very often.
I agree with the goal of "freedom from religion" and maybe these people do some good and necessary work, I just don't see the need for it in this case. I don't see how this thing actually harms me personally as an atheist. It was, after all, money out of their pockets, not mine. Furthermore the discount probably would have died from overexposure anyway. It wasn't advertised because they actually didn't want people to know about it. The FFRF just gave them a convenient scapegoat to blame. Now people who read the story will hate and blame atheists. In a way, I feel like their action did more harm to me than the restaurant's action did.
Restaurant drops prayer discount after fear of lawsuit
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For the past four years, Mary's Gourmet Restaurant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, had been surprising customers with a 15% discount if they prayed or meditated before meals. . . . "There was no signage anywhere that promoted the prayer discount. We just ordered our food and prayed over it once it arrived," says Smith. "It wasn't until the end when they brought the bill over and it said 15% discount for praying in public." |
Then somebody posted a photo of their receipt on Facebook and it went viral. The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent her a letter threatening a lawsuit and she decided to drop the discount.
I think there's a big unstated reason why this discount wasn't advertised: If everybody knew about it, then everyone would be praying it up and demanding a discount. The restaurant would become unprofitable or at least significantly less profitable. She couldn't afford to give this discount to everyone IOW. The threatening letter gave her a very convenient out: "I'm being threatened by mean atheists, so I have to end this discount!"
I actually think it would have been more interesting if they had stayed out of this and let the policy die for a better reason: Hordes of angry praying customers demanding their 15% discount. In another article she even said that they only gave the discount when they were "moved to do it", so presumably even some public prayers hadn't been given the discount in the past. They simply could not afford to give it very often.
I agree with the goal of "freedom from religion" and maybe these people do some good and necessary work, I just don't see the need for it in this case. I don't see how this thing actually harms me personally as an atheist. It was, after all, money out of their pockets, not mine. Furthermore the discount probably would have died from overexposure anyway. It wasn't advertised because they actually didn't want people to know about it. The FFRF just gave them a convenient scapegoat to blame. Now people who read the story will hate and blame atheists. In a way, I feel like their action did more harm to me than the restaurant's action did.
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