Airport Sinks for Muslim Cabbies

[Lady's Human]

They are religious accommodations, but they are not targeted to a particular religion.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Therein lies the problem....you start accomodating one religion...you must accomodate them all.

I suspect the chapels were not installed to accomodate the Atheists!

[Lady's Human]

In which case you know no jewish servicemembers, as jewish services are held at the same building (AKA a chapel) as other religious services on military posts.

[Edwina's Secretary]

In which case you know no jewish servicemembers, as jewish services are held at the same building (AKA a chapel) as other religious services on military posts.

This is not about the military. However, you are wrong. I dated a Jewish marine for 7 years. And the stories he told would disagree with what you are saying.

This is about airports. Take out the chapels and I will have no argument about the foot baths.

Chapels are christian. Look it up in your dictionary.

[Lady's Human]

Sara, I spent 20 years in the military. The same building at West Ft Hood that had the catholic and protestant services also held the jewish services. The same building at Ft Devens that held catholic and protestant services also held jewish services. and FT Drum, and Coleman Barracks, and FT Dix...............

And they were all labeled on the post maps as......(Drum roll, please)....








Chapels.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Sara, I spent 20 years in the military. The same building at West Ft Hood that had the catholic and protestant services also held the jewish services. The same building at Ft Devens that held catholic and protestant services also held jewish services. and FT Drum, and Coleman Barracks, and FT Dix...............

And they were all labeled on the post maps as......(Drum roll, please)....








Chapels.

Only you could know more about being a Jew in the military than someone who was....

But ....AIRPORT......ARMY...different things!

[Lady's Human]

Sara, the military came into this when you were getting in a huff about the definition of "chapel".

On military maps and on a military post a chapel is simply a religious building, no religious affiliation is noted by the chapel symbol on a map or the word in the post directory.

[lizbud]

Well, I did find an answer of sorts about other airports accommodating
Muslin cab drivers in this article. They mentioned Kansas Intl. airport and
a Michigan Univ. as other places that had done this.I still think it's wrong
to do this as it's a violation of separation of chuch & state issue.


http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...=2007709160457

[Edwina's Secretary]

Sara, the military came into this when you were getting in a huff about the definition of "chapel".

On military maps and on a military post a chapel is simply a religious building, no religious affiliation is noted by the chapel symbol on a map or the word in the post directory.

I spent this morning at Camp Pendleton...a large marine base a couple miles south of my home. I was there to participate in a fund raiser for the famiies of fallen officers and soldiers.

First thing I saw upon entering the base...a sweet chapel. White washed building with a steeple and...........a cross on top.

Few miles on a memorial chapel. White but in need of paint. A free-standing cross about 7 feet tall out front and a cross rising above the roof line above the front door.

There was a sign to another chapel...I couldn't see it from the road but I could read the list of services....all Lutheran.

I just find it a little hard to believe that a marine who is Jewish, Muslim, Kemetic, Buddist, Hindu, or Moon Worshiper is going to think those buildings with cross on them are there for the purpose of accomodating their religion.

I am not in a huff over the definition of the word "chapel." I looked it up in my dictionary. Saves all that huffing.

I just believe if you are going to get in a huff over accomodating one religion at a public facility...you should be in a huff about accomodating any religion.

[Catty1]

http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgur...ctive%26sa%3DG

Kansas City airport has installed these 'sinks' (called washing benches), but now denies they are for any particular group - which is causing the usual brou-ha-ha.



Another view:


Prayer rug rolled up in one corner:

Mark VanLoh, director of the Kansas City Aviation Department. "This was the best solution, and those facilities were added without public money."

He added that cab drivers paid for construction through a one-dollar per-trip fee.

Muslims are required to wash their feet and other body parts before praying to Allah five times a day. They often complain that public restroom sinks do not accommodate their needs. Floor-level basins and benches make it easier for them to perform their foot-washing ritual.

Muslim taxi drivers at KCI Airport pooh-poohed concerns about the wash benches, arguing they are not just for their use.

"The guys [sic] making a big issue out of it – it's not just for Muslims," said taxi driver Shareif El-Mahdi in an interview with KMBC-TV.