Posted on 03/13/2012 6:31:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Well, sure. Why not? After all, unlike the Muslim hijab, there is no "requirement" that Christians wear a cross, says the British government.
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In what is bound to be a controversial move, the British government is set to argue at the European Court of Human Rights that Christians do not have the right to wear a cross or crucifix openly at work.
Critics are already calling it another blow to Christianity for restricting its symbols of faith while granting special status to symbols of other religions such as the Sikh turban and kara (bracelet), or the Muslim hijab.
The London Telegraph has revealed ministers will argue that because it is not a "requirement" of the Christian faith, employers can ban the wearing of the cross and sack workers who insist on doing so.
Judges in Strasbourg will hear the test case on religious freedom in Britain later this year. It will bring together four separate cases, including that of Nadia Eweida, who works for British Airways. Her case dates from 2006 when she was suspended for refusing to take off the cross which her employers claimed breached BA's uniform code.
In a surprise move Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, added fuel to the fire when he said the cross for many Christians is little more than jewellery, "which religious people make and hang on to" as a substitute for true faith.
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Williams also wants to see sharia law in Great Britain so anything he says about his own faith can be dismissed as the rantings of a lunatic.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
In much of East Africa Copts have a cross tattooed between the eyes so they won't forget who they are.
Once more the English authorities imagine the world revolves on their dime.
Archbishop is right. When taking religion completely out of the arguement, the archbishop wins. If I were a non-muslim getting a photo I.D. and tried to cover my hair/face with a headscarf, I would be asked to remove it. On the other hand, if I was wearing a modest necklace, would I be asked to remove it? I don’t think so.
When you take religion completely out of the argument, what is an ‘archbishop’?
What would these people know about what is and isn't a "requirement" of the Christian faith? My bible instructs me to follow my conscience and if an individual's conscience require them to wear a cross in order to remember to keep God's precepts in all their thoughts and actions then it is a requirement.
I’m looking up for the big “reset” asteroid.
When you take religion completely out of the argument, what is an ‘archbishop’?
a person who has a good point.
Instead of bombing Iran, we should bomb London for trying to destroy Western Civilization. I guess we don’t need to,though. Having there crappy country destroyed will be punishment enough.
RE: Requirement
What about the FREEDOM to wear what one wants within the bounds of societal decency?
It isn’t a requirement that I wear Green on a day that isn’t Saint Patrick’s Day... what then? I should be fired if I do?
This, from the same guy who submits to the idea that shariah law in Britain is "inevitable."
Sounds like a case of making nice to the future overlords. Well... your new masters will still want you dead, Mr. Williams.
“... when you take religion completely out... what is an archbishop?”
Excellent, excellent point! Wouldn’t an archbishop also NOT be necessary to be a Christian? Wouldn’t he just be “jewelry” to a church?
Where are the soccer hooligans when they are needed?
The air stewardess mentioned in the article was asked to forced to remove her modest little cross/crucifix necklace.
Williams is certainly no true successor to the apostles: he is (as you say!) a piece of increasingly meaningless jewelry wrapped tightly around the neck of a Potemkin church.
Would it be a sin (spiritual or temporal) to tattoo a cross to your cheek?
This man needs a seminary revisit at the very least; a reading of Roman Catholic Dogma should be a necessity as well.
But then, the Vatican NewChurch accepted his return to the flock without the condition of the Holy Sacraments of Penance and Baptism.
God save us from the blasphemy and heresy now commonplace in the halls of the Vatican, and its' leaderhip ranks throughout the world. Heavenly Father, save the faithful from the 'ordained' evil.
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Source please.
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