411 REFERENCE · Wiktionary
Amish bus driver rule
Reference material by Wiktionary contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
English
Etymology
en Rachel Maddow American television host prior to 2009, evoking the common knowledge that Amish way of life#Use of modern technology Amish communities often prohibit motor vehicles and thus a member of such would be disallowed from driving a bus.
Proper noun
Amish bus driver rule
en idiomatic neologism The notion that one who refuses to perform a job's duties cannot demand employment in that job.
en 2009-02-27
w:Rachel Maddow
w:The Rachel Maddow Show
MSNBC
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/29465375/ns/msnbc-rachel_maddow_show/
In other words, Bush broke what I have always called the “Amish bus driver” rule. If your religion requires you not to drive, cool beans, free country — but then you can‘t get hired to be a bus driver if your religion won't let you drive the bus.
en 2009-04-01
Xelene_Hecate
Dunkin' Donuts Pulls Franchise From Muslim Who Refuses To Sell Pork [comment]
w:The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Xelene_Hecate/dunkin-donuts-pulls-franc_n_181856_22559865.html
2014-03-17
finally - it's the same as the amish bus driver rule.
en 2009-04-26
Karla
Pharmacists sue for right to deny medication [comment]
The Good Atheist
http://www.thegoodatheist.net/2009/04/16/pharmacists-sue-to-have-the-right-to-deny-medication/
2014-03-17
Rachel Maddow calls it the Amish Bus Driver Rule. If your beliefs dictate that you cannot do the job you’re being paid to do, then you have no right being in that job.
https://web.archive.org/web/20160304125551/http://www.thegoodatheist.net/2009/04/16/pharmacists-sue-to-have-the-right-to-deny-medication/
2016-03-04
en 2010-10-12
Medical Ethics and the Amish Bus Driver Rule
DrRich
The Covert Rationing Blog
http://covertrationingblog.com/medical-ethics/medical-ethics-and-the-amish-bus-driver-rule
2014-03-17
The Amish Bus Driver Rule goes like this: If you’re Amish, and therefore have religious convictions against internal combustion engines, then you have disqualified yourself for employment as a bus driver. https://web.archive.org/web/20120213005357/http://covertrationingblog.com:80/medical-ethics/medical-ethics-and-the-amish-bus-driver-rule 13 February 2012
en 2011-06-28
Vystrix Nexoth
New York Town Clerk: If Gays Can Marry, I Can’t Do My Job [comment]
Friendly Atheist
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2011/06/28/new-york-town-clerk-if-gays-can-marry-i-cant-do-my-job/#comment-248695061
2014-03-17
Amish Bus Driver rule. (If you refuse to do some job, you can’t demand to be hired for it.) https://web.archive.org/web/20180418115050/http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2011/06/28/new-york-town-clerk-if-gays-can-marry-i-cant-do-my-job/ 18 April 2018
en 2011-08-01
deconstructingglee
The Glee Project: Sexuality (aka Christians are ruining my Glee) [comment]
Deconstructing Glee
http://deconstructingglee.com/2011/08/01/the-glee-project-sexuality-aka-christians-are-ruining-my-glee/#comment-556
2014-03-17
Of course he should be able to stick to his beliefs. He just can’t be an actor if his faith won’t allow him to act. Amish bus driver rule in action. https://web.archive.org/web/20230528232747/https://deconstructingglee.com/2011/08/01/the-glee-project-sexuality-aka-christians-are-ruining-my-glee/ 28 May 2023
en 2014-02-24
Matters of Conscience
Coyote
Wryly Coyote
http://wrylycoyote.com/matters-conscience/
2014-03-17
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow has something she calls the Amish bus driver rule: If you’re Amish, and don’t believe in modern technology, you have no business applying for a job as bus driver. https://web.archive.org/web/20210916111939/http://wrylycoyote.com/matters-conscience/ 16 September 2021