Is it discrimination to ask for one's religion?

[Fidel_Castronaut]

Yh, also it would be bad for business if they refused someone more qualified just for their beliefs. Plus, where would it stop after that? Discrimination based upon skin colour? age? We'd be back in the 1800's.

I don't want to work with someone who believes absurd nonsense e.g. that gay people live in sin, that's not discrimination, it's just a matter of choosing the people you want to have around. The hiring process not just about qualification, it's also about inter-personal relationships, you wouldn't hire someone who absolutely poisons the working atmosphere just because (s)he's qualified.

I have zero tolerance to bullshit, so yes, I would choose the lesser qualified atheist/agnostic over the more qualified devout Christian any day of the week.

But if they kept It to themselves (ie, never spoke or confided to anyone what their personal beliefs are on a given subject) then really it's none of yours or anyone else's business is it?

Sure, if they began preaching and trying to tell co-workers that gay people were evil and going to hell and that if you disagree with him/her then you'll end up there to, then fire his or her ass. I'm aware that in the US a lot of atheists are at the recieving end of discrimination becuase they don't believe in a deity, but why stoop to an unethical, immoral (and illegal) level when it's so silly?

It's just an eye for an eye mentality it seems.