Religion and Retail: When Employees Take Matters Into Their Own Hands

<p>The stories are appearing more frequently in the news now that Roe v. Wade was overturned. In Hayward, Wisconsin, a small town in the northwestern quadrant, a cashier at the local&nbsp;<a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2022/07/22/cashier-wisconsin-walgreens-refuses-sell-condoms-couple/10123263002/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Walgreens refused to sell&nbsp;</a>a couple some condoms because of his faith. After embarrassing the couple in front of other customers, he directed them to another employee to complete the transaction.</p> <p>Walgreen&rsquo;s policy is that individual employees have the right to refuse to complete transactions if they have &ldquo;a moral or religious conviction&rdquo; about completing the transactions. The store&rsquo;s policy states that in such instances the employees are to refer the customer to another employee or a manager to complete the transaction.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/politically-speaking/religion-and-retail-when-employees-take-matters-into-their-own-hands-da4c6c1ebcff"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>