{"id":23266,"date":"2015-08-31T22:57:06","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T02:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=23266"},"modified":"2015-08-31T23:05:55","modified_gmt":"2015-09-01T03:05:55","slug":"the-christian-bus-driver-and-the-pride-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/the-christian-bus-driver-and-the-pride-bus\/","title":{"rendered":"The Christian bus driver and the Pride bus"},"content":{"rendered":"

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A Calgary man says he will quit his job if he\u2019s assigned to drive a bus wrapped in a rainbow flag.<\/p>\n

The annual Calgary Pride Festival kicks off Friday and, as a show of support, a Calgary Transit bus has been wrapped in the symbol of inclusiveness.<\/p>\n

The rainbow flag bus will operate through Sept. 7, the day of the parade.<\/p>\n

Jesse Rau, who has worked for Calgary Transit as a driver for about a year, says he\u2019s a Christian and can\u2019t support homosexuality.<\/p>\n

Rau hopes Calgary Transit and the Amalgamated Transit Union will support drivers who don\u2019t want to drive the rainbow bus.<\/p>\n

Doug Morgan, director of Calgary Transit, says drivers can only refuse to work based on safety issues.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here is the bus:<\/p>\n

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Although I sympathise with the bus driver\u2019s disinclination to drive the bus, I have an uneasy feeling that he has picked the wrong battle. As Christians in the world, we are constantly surrounded with ideas that are out of step with our beliefs and sometimes they are plastered on the side of a bus. The driver has not been asked to drive a bus in<\/em> the Pride Parade.<\/p>\n

Would Jesse Rau also refuse to drive a bus with these ads?<\/p>\n

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I wonder what would happen to a Muslim bus driver who refused to drive a bus with this on it:<\/p>\n

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