Comments on: Pancho’s Mexican Buffet Follow-Up

By: Becky Robinson

Becky Robinson — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:26:28 +0000

What about those who don’t go to any church? They still told the original atheist who asked that there would be no way to get a discount for him.

While it is great that the NTCOF is an option, not every atheist chooses to go there.

By: Zachary Moore

Zachary Moore — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:36:07 +0000

Those are interesting ideas, but it was not my intention to plumb the depths of discrimination, only to see if it was possible for a non-Christian to receive the same discount. As the Church of Freethought is a legitimate organization, and I am a legitimate atheist, it seemed like an excellent test case. Remember, the advertisement didn’t say anything about bringing in Christian church bulletins, just church bulletins. I honestly don’t think they care about your beliefs as much as they care about bringing in as many people as possible on a Sunday. And I’m certainly not going to try made-up and intentionally offensive bulletins until I end up getting refused – it’s just a mediocre buffet that’s out of my way, not the Montgomery public transit system.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 02:35:38 +0000

“Church of Freethought” might not get noticed by management. It would be more interesting if people started trying to use some kind of “Church of Atheism” bulletin, or something else that is more boldly nontheistic. Then we would really see whether managment is being fair to nonbelievers.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:37:58 +0000

This does not prove there’s no discrimination against atheists, merely that the cashier did not discriminate.
It would be interesting if he were to go back, or others were to take the same bulletin. Management could say “don’t accept more of these. They aren’t from a real church”.
Probably not though.
He’s probably just collecting the bulletins to get a better idea whose bulletin he would do best to advertise in.