[nagdu] Muslim cab drivers: not a slam on their beliefs

[cheryl echevarria]

One thing, I have to mention here, is our rights. Cab drivers and anyone who engages in any business, even myself as a person who owns her own business. You service everyone or you service no one.

Then don't be a cab driver if you are that devote. Here in Brooklyn, NY.  The Hassidic which are devout Jews, which I am also, but not a devout Jew yeah right, but where they live they run there own buses and cab companies for there community, there own people they prefer that. If someone is driving a cab they represent that cab company and it is up the to cab company to enforce the laws.

We can complain complain complain, but go and find out who the company is who is running it, and go after them for allowing the cabbie to do this.  Here in NY they can lose there license for refusal.

I have difficult clients, but am I not going to service them anymore,  no way that is my name out there, I smile and say thank you, hopefully they come back.

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Lisa Irving<mailto:lirving1234 at cox.net> 
  To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users<mailto:nagdu at nfbnet.org> 
  Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 6:42 PM
  Subject: [nagdu] Muslim cab drivers: not a slam on their beliefs



  Hi Dan,

  It can be exasperating when some one perceives their religious preferences 
  supersede the law.

  I've discussed this matter; guide dogs riding in cabs driven by Muslim cab 
  drivers. A Muslim friend of mine explained to me their hand washing rituals 
  and why they frequently engage in this ritual. I get it. She also told me 
  that the drivers who are insistant  that they won't transport a dog of any 
  type, tends to be devout about his beliefs. Nevertheless, she agrees with me 
  that such beliefs should not over ride laws. Together, we came up with a 
  viable solution. I haven't been in a position where I have tried this.

  I'm all right carrying handy wipes and offering them to the devout Muslim. 
  It's a gamble. The devout Muslim faith isn't going to disappear anytime 
  soon, nor are my rights as a person with a disability. So, finding common 
  ground and the middle plane seems to make logical sense. ----- Original 
  Message ----- 
  From: "Dan Weiner" <dcwein at dcwein.cnc.net<mailto:dcwein at dcwein.cnc.net>>
  To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
  <nagdu at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu at nfbnet.org>>
  Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 3:16 PM
  Subject: [nagdu] And that reminds me of the cab driver issue


  > And on the subject of cab drivers, it is patently ridiculous that 
  > someone's
  > supposed religious concerns should even be an issue for us. I'm referring 
  > to
  > the Muslim cab drivers you mentioned.
  > It just shows that our rights as blind people mean much less or nothing at
  > all when compared to some idiot cab driver.
  >
  > Dan W.
  >
  >
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