I know this is trollish, immature, cross-posted nonsense... but I have
to reply anyways.

Why is it that people of very strong faith get so _tremendously_
offended when there is a backlash against their airing their
inherently personal tenets in a public and often extremely
inappropriate way?

Faith is personal, it inherently resides between ourselves and our
subjective realities. It is powerful and emotional...

But simple, civilized adult society simply requires that we put aside
such strong emotions during formal interactions. It would not have
been appropriate for the Baggage handler to throw a fit about a recent
breakup or death in his family... This is no different. It is a
simple matter of maturity, the ability of the Employee to put aside
his personal subjective emotional state and fulfill the roll required
by his job. He was unable to do this, and he deserves no more respect
than a child throwing a tantrum in a supermarket for it.

Faith is not a carte-blanche to ignore the rules of civilized
behavior. When people of faith are so pushed by their emotions to
flagrantly violate common sense, the consequences of those actions are
not persecution for that individuals faith... simply their lack of
maturity.

Well written! I agree completely.