“Men, be kind to your fellow-men; this is your first duty, kind to every age and station, kind to all that is not foreign to humanity. What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, or On Education (via philosophybits)
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On Saturday, OnlySky Media reported
that rideshare companies Uber and Lyft are facing complaints that they
are allowing Christian drivers to proselytize to unwilling passengers
without consequences.
“Both ride-sharing companies have strict rules prohibiting religious
discrimination. Drivers cannot refuse a customer, for example, who is
very clearly not a member of their faith. But there’s no rule blocking
drivers from proselytizing and attempting to win new converts, and Christians know it,” reported Hemant Mehta. “A recent Associated Press article focused on Lyft drivers who see their work as ‘mobile Christian ministries.’”
One pastor who drives for Lyft, Kenneth Drayton, said, “The car is such
an ideal place to do this because it’s personal. I can share my faith
and it’s so important because that’s what I live for.”
“There’s a belief among many evangelicals that there shouldn’t be any boundaries
when it comes to sharing the faith,” noted the report. “But there’s a
substantive difference between using personal social media, podcasts, or
TV shows to do it — where recipients can always block the noise or
change the channel — and doing it as part of a ride-share company where
passengers may not be able to leave the car and the preacher is
literally the person in the driver’s seat.”
“No one should have to pay to be missionized against their will…
Non-religious and minority religious riders do not feel included or
welcomed when they are confronted with proselytizing while stuck in a
moving vehicle with a driver preaching at them,” FFRF’s letter read.
They warned that this practice could even be a “traffic hazard” as the
driver could be distracted by their effort to proselytize to the
passenger.
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