Atheist cleaners could sue Christian care homes over crucifixes

The way the bill is written means non-Christians could sue for harassment if church authorities do not remove religious imagery, according to Monsignor Andrew Summersgill, general secretary of the Bishops' Conference of England and Wales.
He said the bill, currently being examined by Parliament's Equality Bill Committee, could have a "chilling effect" on religious expression.Bishops are concerned that religious authorities could be left in an impossible legal position, because under the bill it would be up to the employer to prove that displaying such an image did not amount to harassment or an employee.

In a written statement to the committee, Mgr Summersgill said: "A cleaner may be an atheist or of very different religious beliefs. Nonetheless if a cleaner found the crucifixes offensive there would be no defence in law against a charge of harassment."
He added: "If this bill is serious about equality, everything possible must be done to avoid it having a chilling effect on religious expression and practice."
The bishops are also worried that they Equality Bill will establish what they believe would amount to a "hierarchy of rights", with the rights of homosexuals overruling those of religious expression.

Oh boy.....

Oh dear. I only employ gay Muslims. I could be in trouble!

Spirit wrote:Oh dear. I only employ gay Muslims. I could be in trouble!

Positive discrimination as above should be outlawed :-)

So, in the pecking order of things, right at the bottom will be white, hetrosexual, Anglo Saxon males?





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[quote="Dell"]So, in the pecking order of things, right at the bottom will be white, hetrosexual, Anglo Saxon males?




Just below white, hetrosexual, Anglo Saxon females :-) which is only right and just :-) :-)

Hope she is heading for the House of Parliament! :-)

and peeps are moanin about the BNP getting 2 MEP seats !

isnt this just one of many things that voters are getting fed up with

Whole worlds going crazy.......







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You just noticed Dell - where's youse been hiding :-)