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Judge rules activist's beliefs on climate change akin to religion
UK Guardian ^ | November 3rd | Karen McVeigh

Posted on 11/13/2009 7:02:49 PM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing

When Rupert Dickinson, the chief executive of one of Britain's biggest property firms, left his BlackBerry behind in London while on a business trip to Ireland, he simply ordered one of his staff to get on a plane and deliver the device to him.

For Dickinson's then head of sustainability, Tim Nicholson, the errand was much more than an executive indulgence: it embodied the contempt with which his boss treated his deep philosophical beliefs about climate change.

In a significant decision today , a judge found Nicholson's views on the environment were so deeply held that they were entitled to the same protection as religious convictions, and ruled that an employment tribunal should hear his claim that he was sacked because of his beliefs.

(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: activist; activists; agw; beliefs; change; climate; climatechange; globalwarming; judge; religion; rules
And there you have it. A judge has finally admitted to what we've all known for a long time.

Global warming is a religion.

1 posted on 11/13/2009 7:02:50 PM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing
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To: steelyourfaith

This is just too good. :-)


2 posted on 11/13/2009 7:04:21 PM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing ( Socialism is controversial)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

Disagree. Global Warming is a “gullible” with a lot of little gullibles trailing as though GW was the Pied Piper.

Islam is quite similar.


3 posted on 11/13/2009 7:10:37 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists...Call 'em What you Will, They ALL have Fairies Living In Their Trees.)
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To: rockinqsranch

Give this a try.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/02/a_necessary_apocalypse.html


4 posted on 11/13/2009 7:13:35 PM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing ( Socialism is controversial)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing
yeah??? well i'm a High Priest in the Church of the .308!!!
5 posted on 11/13/2009 7:25:51 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing; grey_whiskers; markomalley; scripter; Defendingliberty; WL-law; Normandy; ...
Arf

Thanx !

 


Beam me to Planet Gore !

6 posted on 11/13/2009 7:36:25 PM PST by steelyourfaith (Limit all U.S. politicians to two terms: One in office and one in prison!)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

I didn’t “try”, I read it. Thanks for the link. Good article.

I still disagree.


7 posted on 11/13/2009 7:43:08 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists...Call 'em What you Will, They ALL have Fairies Living In Their Trees.)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

Global warming; climate change; Now we can say that public schools may not teach these “beliefs” because they are a religion. Our government forbids state support of any “religion.”

Five tests

In his written judgment, Mr Justice Burton outlined five tests to determine whether a philosophical belief could come under employment regulations on religious discrimination

• The belief must be genuinely held.

• It must be a belief and not an opinion or view based on the present state of information available.

• It must be a belief as to a weighty and substantial aspect of human life.

• It must attain a certain level of cogency, seriousness, cohesion and importance.

• It must be worthy of respect in a democratic society, not incompatible with human dignity and not conflict with the fundamental rights of others.

Humanism was given as an example meeting the criteria, while belief in a political party or the supreme nature of Jedi knights, from the Star Wars movies, were offered as ones that do not.


8 posted on 11/13/2009 7:56:19 PM PST by maica (Freedom consists not in doing what we like,but in having the right to do what we ought. John Paul II)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing
environmentalism IS a religion and needs to be expelled from out schools.
9 posted on 11/13/2009 8:09:15 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied, the economy died)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

Oh pleazzzzzzz.

Now we live in a society where the judges are loony tunes.


10 posted on 11/13/2009 8:36:47 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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11 posted on 11/13/2009 9:22:28 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Barack Hussein Obama: the country's greatest firearms salesman!)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

the Oracle Gore!!!
An “approved Faith”!!!

Pseudo-Science ubber allis, YUP, Yup , yup.


12 posted on 11/13/2009 9:59:26 PM PST by PizzaDriver ( on)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

thanks, bfl


13 posted on 11/14/2009 12:10:18 AM PST by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing
Well, that should make the problem simple.

Fire him because he's unqualified for his job. I presume he wasn't hired as a religious minister.

14 posted on 11/14/2009 12:34:57 AM PST by TChris ("Hello", the politician lied.)
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To: freekitty
Now we live in a society where the judges are loony tunes.

Huh? The guy is absolutely 100% correct. NOT a looney! I and many others have been saying this for years. Telling one of these idiot libs that AGW is total BS is like telling a Christian that there is no God. They go absolutely berzerk. Total fanatical belief in something that cannot be proven.

15 posted on 11/15/2009 2:06:03 PM PST by America_Right (The best thing about the Obama Presidency: McCain isn't the President!)
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To: America_Right
Gah, edit...

I did not mean to say that Christians go berzerk. That would be more Muzzie-like.

16 posted on 11/15/2009 2:07:56 PM PST by America_Right (The best thing about the Obama Presidency: McCain isn't the President!)
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To: America_Right

Sorry, misread.


17 posted on 11/15/2009 3:35:54 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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