What's that? You say this is a protected class and I can't sue?
Posted on 03/07/2009 5:42:34 PM PST by naturalman1975
Organisations which hang crucifixes on walls could be sued if they upset atheists under equality laws proposed by the European Union.
Any group offering a service to the public, including hospitals, charities, businesses and prisons, would be at risk.
Legislation may also allow Christians to bring an action against a hotel if it displayed something they deemed offensive - such as a poster for the 1979 Monty Python film The Life Of Brian.
There are already laws banning harassment in the workplace, but the new Brussels regulations are designed to offer people protection from providers of goods and services.
However, they are so broad that critics say they could lead to a spate of civil cases by anyone claiming their dignity has been violated by the 'hostile environment' of an organisation.
The Church of England says hospices or charities for the homeless could face legal action if people using their services felt degraded by their religious practices or symbols, such as the cross.
The Archbishops' Council even fears that charities could be challenged by atheists if grace is said before meals.
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It doesn’t offend me - and I know it’s historically accurate - but I do wonder at the motivation behind the decision to use a completely nude crucifix to illustrate this story. Is somebody trying to cause an issue?
I’d like to see the EU just try to enforce this in Poland.
So sue for failure to hang one. If only the WASPS will learn how to burn and riot.
It’s amazing how much evil has been done in the name of tolerance, diversity, and environmentalism - all three of which have roots in truly good ideas.
>> The EU equality law that will let ‘upset’ atheists sue companies that hang up crucifixes
But will it be an atheist to first file suit?
Can I sue against a coworker bringing in one of those crappy dawkins books or a pentagram?
>The Archbishops’ Council even fears that charities could be challenged by atheists if grace is said before meals.<
What about facing Mecca and banging your head on the floor? Is that OK?
Wow. All I can say. Wow.
I keep thinking this has got to be a dream, and I will wake up at some point.
OK. That’s it.
EU, Hand over Chartres if you’re done with it. Or the cathedral at Toledo.
What's that? You say this is a protected class and I can't sue?
Close the Christian hospitals and charities. See if these clowns who run this stupid EU can handle that.
Organisations which hang crucifixes on walls could be sued if they upset atheists under equality laws proposed by the European Union
Atheists upset me simply by existing. Can I sue?
This notion that the Government can protect everyone from being upset or offended is silly and asinine.
Why notjust mass produce huge plastic bubbles and placeeveryone in one....
Poor little itty bitty atheists are “offended” . . .
Europe is such a hole.
I don’t agree that crucifixation was done in the nude.....however, that being said, I am a Catholic, 70 years old, and I have never seen a nude crucifix before.....pathetic display
You think the Romans let the person they were executing in the most painful and humiliating way they could, keep a loin cloth on?
Obviously not having been there, I can’t comment on Christ’s particular crucifixion but it was normal for the executed man to be naked. And they did strip him and gamble for his robes.
With all the money going for pork how about a study on what’s causing the common sense part of the brain of so many people to die off?
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