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Submitted by Melisa (United States), Oct 12, 2006 at 12:10

These are closed-container, sober passengers. This has nothing to do with Christians, or really, Muslims for that matter. Just people who are using a religious consideration for fare-refusal, and who are sanctioned by a tax-payer funded public utility. Bus drivers (and I'm assuming you mean they are allowed to refuse) could of course refuse an open container or publicly drunk person in their vehicle. See, those people are breaking the law.

Read Mr. Pipes' article for the specifics of this case.

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