Posted on 01/11/2013 7:33:08 AM PST by chessplayer
(CNSNews.com) – Europe’s highest court next week will hand down rulings in the cases of four British Christians who claim to have been discriminated in the workplace because of their religious beliefs.
Two of the applicants, Nadia Eweida and Shirley Chaplin, said their rights were violated when employers barred them from wearing crosses visibly at work.
They pointed to Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which states, “Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief, in worship, teaching, practice and observance.”
Speaking for the government, James Eadie argued that a balance must be struck between individuals’ right to practice their religion and the rights of others, and the wider community.
“Ms. Eweida regarded wearing and displaying the cross as integral to her identity and being, and she’s hardly the first Christian who has wanted to wear the cross as a distinguishing feature of her faith,” her legal counsel, James Dingemans, told the court.
He said she was working alongside colleagues who were allowed to wear other religious attire, including the Sikh turban and Islamic hijab.
Dingemans said British Airways said it would only allow the wearing of religious items if it accepted that doing so was “a mandatory scriptural requirement.”
I wonder how they would deal with Coptic Christians who often have a visible cross tattoo.
British slaves wait for massa to give them permission to wear a cross.
ditto
I trust Britain will also ban burkas, should they take action on the crosses.
Muslims are allowed the full Burka! Britain officially an Islamic state.
Muslims are allowed the full Burka! Britain officially an Islamic state.
Muslims are allowed the full Burka! Britain officially an Islamic state.
Think of the millions who were slaughtered in the Soviet Union in order to suppress the Christian faith.
The Brits have reached the same point while shrugging wearily and stuffing their fat asses with fish and chips.
If they’re waiting for permission to wear a simple symbol of their faith then they’re toast.
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