Does Your Boss Have The Right To Tell You That You Can Not Talk About God

That would upset me. I hope her boss sees differently about talking about God one day before something bad happens to him and he needs God. Of course I am sure he needs to accept God into his life. It sounds really sad to me.

i think freedom of speak falls in there somewhere.I would fight it in court if i got fired for talking about God at work.thats discrimination.

I wouldn't see how he has the right to tell you not to talk about god, but I think he has the right to ASK you not to talk about God. Not everyone believes in "God" so its a tough issue. Think about it this way, atheist parents have taken the pledge of allegiance to court because it mentioned God. The prayer that use to be said before class started was taken out of public schools too. Yes, I believe everyone has the right to speak freely but if its a controversial topic I think its better not to do it in the work place. Take the conversation outside of the work place with respects to others there that may not agree with you.

Most companies do not allow talk of religion as they deem it solicitation. They have the legal right to tell you that you can not talk about that topic. Reason being: religion is a very heated topic. There may be some in your work place that do not have your beliefs and thus can become offended by the talk. Some can even cosider it harassment. It is perfectly legal.

There's so much repression in our so called "free speach" that I wouldn't be one bit surprised if that were true what your sister said however, I'd fight back because nobody and I mean nobody is going to make me stop talking about God. It would be like going back to the worst of times when Christians were condemed for admitting to believe in him. Condeme me if they may, it won't stop me.

I am with you Rozie. I was told during Christmas 2007 that I had to say Happy Holidays and should not give reference to Christmas!. I told my regular customers Merry Christmas anyway as they were in the store weekly. If it was a new customer I had no way of knowing they were one of those secret shoppers so I still refused to say Happy Holidays but instead I told them "have a nice day" or "drive careful, see you next time."

Here,if you talk about God,it doesn't matter.Many people like usine "Oh,my God" when he suprising soththings.It's hackneyed.

I had a boss like that once, no discussions of religion at work. Ironically, we hold mass during his birthdays, company anniversaries, and other occassions. He just want to have it at any other time. For him, business is business, and he wants to separate faith from it.

I resigned after six months.

I think it should be your business just what you talk about on your own time at work. My boss has mentioned that he would like to make it a rule that there is no talk of politics at work. why? because that subject just seems to get people fired up. Religion is the same. I think that the only reason a boss would or should step in is if the talk on such a subject is causing conflict between the workers. Normal, friendly conversations....I wouldn't imagine the boss would be bothered at all and probably wouldn't even know unless someone issued a complaint.

I think it is best practise not to talk about religion in a business environment.
You are always in danger of causing upset whether or not it is deemed unallowed by the boss.