I believe that there is a law that states that employers cannot force their employees to perform a task at work that goes against their religious beliefs. Looks like it should be amended to include the government, too.
"I believe that there is a law that states that employers cannot force their employees to perform a task at work that goes against their religious beliefs."
There is. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act requires reasonable accommodation of employees' religious objections. We got into a long argument over this the other day.
It seems that some folks don't like Civil Rights, even though they be for people of faith, if they interfere with the employers' right to fire whomever they please. In some peoples' opinions, it appeared as though no amount of accommodation would be considered "reasonable".
Fortunately for people of faith, the law of the land nevertheless offers a modicum of protection against religious discrimination in the workplace. If a reasonable accommodation can be made - that is, one that won't hurt the employer too much - it must.