Any ideas on how to get "wall art" bible verses taken down in a small office?
January 18, 2011 at 2:21 pm
I write software for a small office that has about 15 people. Today, I noticed that one of the managing partners had placed bible verses as "wall art" in the common waiting area.
I ignored it when I saw a bible on his bookshelf in his office.
I ignored it when I saw Jesus pictures in his office.
I ignored it when I saw his screensaver had been changed to rotate religious motivational pictures.
I ignored it when both he and his wife added Biblical quotes to their email signatures.
I believe they have crossed the line by putting two large "wall art" bible quotes in the common waiting area.
The secretary and I are the only two atheists in the office and it is probably worse for her since these things are in her workspace all day, but I would like to know if there are any good ideas to get them taken down.
I don't want to start a legal battle (5 of the top guys here are excellent lawyers -- and they're all deeply religious), I can't afford to lose my job and I'm afraid I will just by telling these religious attorneys that I'm an atheist and I'm uncomfortable with the biblical stuff everywhere. Anonymous letter maybe? I doubt that would do anything -- they would ask the person to come forward and when I did, I'd surely be fired for some nit-picky thing. Can anyone help me think this through? Any success stories?
I ignored it when I saw a bible on his bookshelf in his office.
I ignored it when I saw Jesus pictures in his office.
I ignored it when I saw his screensaver had been changed to rotate religious motivational pictures.
I ignored it when both he and his wife added Biblical quotes to their email signatures.
I believe they have crossed the line by putting two large "wall art" bible quotes in the common waiting area.
The secretary and I are the only two atheists in the office and it is probably worse for her since these things are in her workspace all day, but I would like to know if there are any good ideas to get them taken down.
I don't want to start a legal battle (5 of the top guys here are excellent lawyers -- and they're all deeply religious), I can't afford to lose my job and I'm afraid I will just by telling these religious attorneys that I'm an atheist and I'm uncomfortable with the biblical stuff everywhere. Anonymous letter maybe? I doubt that would do anything -- they would ask the person to come forward and when I did, I'd surely be fired for some nit-picky thing. Can anyone help me think this through? Any success stories?
