Would you wear a cross necklace to work?

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Anonymous wrote:I have a beautiful cross necklace I got for my birthday. I work at a fed agency. I've seen others do it, but I'm not sure how appropriate it is.

Why do you even question this?

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Anonymous wrote:I have a beautiful cross necklace I got for my birthday. I work at a fed agency. I've seen others do it, but I'm not sure how appropriate it is.

Look around -- do you see others wearing religious jewelry? Ask your boss. Read the regulations.

What kind of agencies have regulations that do not permit the wearing of religious symbols/items? Does that get into regulating religious practice/expression?

um, I am thinking the French embassy? #Laicity

No American federal agency would have such a rule for civilian employees.

No one in the French Embassy would give a damn.

Folks, inform yourself a bit.

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Anonymous wrote:All religious displays in the workplace bug me - I don't care if it's a hijab, a yarmulke, a cross, or a pentagram. But I recognize it's your right to wear symbols of your private beliefs openly, even if I disagree.

I wouldn't, becasue of posters like this. I hide my faith - people dislike me enough as it is.

Oh, cry me a river. We all hide things at work in order to maintain professional and cordial relationships. I bite my tongue about divisive issues all the time. But religion is different and special, right?

Actually, yes.

Although I highly doubt you bite your tongue.

+1 no question

Of course I bite my tongue, I'm not a moron. I value my job and I'm not a troublemaker.

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Anonymous wrote:All religious displays in the workplace bug me - I don't care if it's a hijab, a yarmulke, a cross, or a pentagram. But I recognize it's your right to wear symbols of your private beliefs openly, even if I disagree.

I wouldn't, becasue of posters like this. I hide my faith - people dislike me enough as it is.

Oh, cry me a river. We all hide things at work in order to maintain professional and cordial relationships. I bite my tongue about divisive issues all the time. But religion is different and special, right?

Actually, yes.

Although I highly doubt you bite your tongue.

+1 no question

Of course I bite my tongue, I'm not a moron. I value my job and I'm not a troublemaker.

+2. Then you find passive ways to make your point. You’re one of these people who thinks they’re 100% right all the time and is super-aggressive about it, not much different from that evangelical oon the other thread.

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Anonymous wrote:If you have a standard office job, it should be fine. If you have any special considerations, such as working with religiously diverse clients who might be put off by it, that could be a reason not to wear it at work. But generally that should fall into personal expression and be OK.

Would you say the same thing to a Muslim woman, asking if it would be OK to wear a hijab to work?

Not PP, but I think a hijab is different because women who wear it usually feel it's a requirement of their faith, like Jewish men who wear a kippah or religious women of various faiths who dress modestly (long sleeves/pants/skirts). I've never heard that wearing a cross is a religious requirement of any faith, as opposed to a personal expression of faith.

I wear a Star of David myself, around the office, but not to court arguments or interviews. And if I were in private practice and had religious clients of another religion, I might not wear it so as to not make them uncomfortable. For me it is optional. However, if I were Orthodox, I would not alter my expression of faith for any of these scenarios.

So, this person's feelings as to what is a requirement in her faith is more important than my or someone else's desire to wear a Christian cross necklace? Just making sure I'm clear on your point.

I have no idea what your point is, but mine is that it's the difference between a requirement and a wish. A need of a want. I'm not saying the want is invalid. Just that it's easier to be flexible when it's a desire and not a mandate. (I said "feel" because obviously there are differing interpretations of what is religiously required. For example I have friends who are fairly observant Muslims who don't wear the hijab.)

NP here, and I'm not sure why the PP was being snotty, but I get your point. I have religious jewelry, and I have no problem wearing it to work, but I might not wear it if I knew that I would be in a situation where it might send the wrong message or be professionally inappropriate or counter-productive. Because wearing the jewelry is an expression of my faith, but not a requirement of my religion. I'm not violating any tenet of my faith or disobeying the rules of my religion by not wearing it.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a beautiful cross necklace I got for my birthday. I work at a fed agency. I've seen others do it, but I'm not sure how appropriate it is.

Not if you work at Oxford University. Apparently you aren't even allowed to speak to other students at that school if you even own a cross. What has this world come to?

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yes

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Anonymous wrote:I have a beautiful cross necklace I got for my birthday. I work at a fed agency. I've seen others do it, but I'm not sure how appropriate it is.

I work at a federal agency as well, I would never, because I don't want to talk politics nor religion with the people I work with. Some do, I just don't feel comfortable doing so.

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I am a military guy, I have a cross right on my dog tags. I wear my tags out of tradition. My cross stays right on.

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I wear a bone Ankh on a leather cord, and I have for 10 years. It's the only jewelry besides my wedding band that I wear, unless I decide to wear a few bracelets or my leather cuff. I don't own anything with a cross, although I am religious, but my Ankh has a special meaning to me. I started wearing it right after my son almost died from DKA. He's only had one other episode since then, last June, and almost died again. I keep reminding myself that he isn't given to me forever, and because he's a diabetic, and he works very hard but will not cut himself any slack, however, he will be with me for eternity. That's why I wear it. For eternity.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, and I do daily.

+1.

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Anonymous wrote:I am a military guy, I have a cross right on my dog tags. I wear my tags out of tradition. My cross stays right on.

Ridiculous to wear dog tags if you're not actively in combat.

Or if your only combat was as a pilot (since they don't "wear" them - don't jump on me for hating on pilots).

Or whatever.

You get the idea.

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Of course.