Should Postal Workers Be Able to Refuse to Deliver Objectionable Mail?
Should Postal Workers Be Able to Refuse to Deliver Objectionable Mail? Monday November 13, 2006 Conservative Christians have been advocating the right of individuals to refuse to do their jobs when they have religious objections – for example, pharmacists should be able to refuse to dispense valid medication when they disagree with how the patient lives. I don’t think that they expect this principle to end up being used against them, though. In Vancouver, Canada, postal workers walked off the job rather than handle delivery of a booklet that blames gays for AIDS and, it seems, just about every other ill affecting Western culture. Technically “hate mail” is prohibited from the post and they regard this as falling into that category, but post managers disagree and insist that the booklets must be delivered. “We don’t have specific guidelines for hate literature,” [Canada Post spokeswoman Lillian Au] said. “It was approved by the corporation and was not deemed sexually explicit or obscene
