airport cabs

I didn't even know this was an issue, but apparently...

It seems that some Somali cab drivers that service the airport are refusing to take passengers that carry alcohol or even pets. The alcohol I can see, it's a major tenet of Muslim belief, as I understand it. The pets? I dunno. The basic idea is this - any cabbie can refuse a fare if they believe there is a threat to their safety (i.e. drunk passenger) but some are now refusing fares just because they bring alcohol with them. And apparently it's generating quite a few complaints.

How many people are walking out of the airport looking for a cab with a 5th of vodka or a 6 pack of Coors in their hand, anyway? And it's not like cab drivers are going to inspect your baggage to make sure you don't have anything they object with, right? Typically if a cabbie passes on a fare, then he has to "go to the end of the line", which could take 3 hours to get through again, so you can't be waiting all that long for the next guy to come along and take your money and give you a ride (of course if 70% of all airport cabbies are Somali muslims, you probably have a high chance for multiple rejections, depending on the devoutness of their beliefs).

On the one hand, I would have to be honest and say that I'm a little biased against Somali drivers in general due to several opportunities to observe their driving skills (to be fair, I've also been outside of the US where their driving would probably be perfectly acceptable). This doesn't mean that I don't feel bad for them. MAC is proposing an ordinance which would suspend one's airport license for 30 days for the first refusal to take a fare for any reason other than safety, and revoke it entirely for the second refusal.

I would have thought that there would be some organization jumping to their aid right away. Maybe the ACLU just doesn't like religion in general, no matter what freedoms are being encroached upon. And sadly, I'm wondering if the Rutherford Institute or other christian groups will pay much attention because they're not Christians.

Are the Somalis going too far? I know plenty of Christians that think drinking in any quantity is a sin, but would any of them refuse service of some kind to someone that has a bottle in their hand and offering them money? The man interviewed likened it to taking part in someone sinning. Are there more things that we should be careful of, thinking that we may be held accountable for silently consenting to the sins of others?