UK: Christians have a right to follow conscience, says equality body
by Karen Peake
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Christians should be given some leeway to follow their beliefs in the workplace, the UK’s equality watchdog has determined.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission said judges had interpreted the law “too narrowly” in cases where Christians had claimed religious discrimination.
It is backing four British Christians who have lodged religious discrimination cases with the European Court of Human Rights.
They are Nadia Eweida, a British Airways check-in clerk who was dismissed without pay in 2006 for refusing to cover up her cross necklace; nurse Shirley Chaplin, who was removed from ward duties after refusing a similar request; Gary McFarlane, a relationships counsellor who was sacked for refusing to give sex therapy to same-sex couples; and Lillian Ladele, a registrar who was disciplined for refusing to conduct civil partnership registrations.
EHRC said that the way existing human rights and equality law was being interpreted by judges was “insufficient” to protect freedom of religion or belief. the rest
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We are following our Christian conscience in Atlanta, where Equality is our goal!
The Diocese of Atlanta is trying hard to make progress. Finally, the effort to make amends for the past is coming to fruition.
http://dioceseatlantaforward.blogspot.com/
Winning the Anti-Racist Future for the Diocese of Atlanta by Electing our Historic First African-American Bishop on June 2, 2012
Unsustainable Racist White Privilege in the Diocese of Atlanta Obstructs and Delays Social Justice
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