Posted on 09/04/2012 7:08:29 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Landmark cases, brought by four British Christians, including two workers forced out of their jobs after visibly wearing crosses, have been heard today at the European Court of Human Rights
David Cameron, the Prime Minister, has previously pledged to change the law to protect religious expression at work but official legal submissions on Tuesday to Strasbourg human rights judges made a clear “difference between the professional and private sphere”.
James Eadie QC, acting for the government, told the European court that the refusal to allow an NHS nurse and a British Airways worker to visibly wear a crucifix at work “did not prevent either of them practicing religion in private”, which would be protected by human rights law.
He argued that that a Christian, or any other religious believer, “under difficulty” is not discriminated against if the choice of “resigning and moving to a different job” is not blocked.
“The option remains open to them,” he said.
Government lawyers also told the Strasbourg court that wearing a cross is not a “generally recognised” act of Christian worship and is not required by scripture.....
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
How is that European Court working out for you?
Allahu Akbar!
Actually, I would agree with this IF, and only IF, it applied all employers and all employees.
In other words, private companies should be free to hire and fire on whatever basis they chose. Governments are a little different, but they should be able to establish their dress codes, as long as it applied to all people equally.
In other words, if crosses could not be worn, neither could hajibs.
A lot of the customs that Muslims have come from tradition as well(Hadiths), not scripture!
Muslims are a protected class, so that doesn’t matter anyway. It’s evil White Christians that have to apologize for being horrible people. /s
Keep wearing them. It’s your stuff or your soul on which you place more value.
These "government lawyers" don't seem very bright. I wonder who told them that nonsense.
So does this go equal for Muzzies who have to pray five times a day to Mecca?
Will that apply to wearing burkhas to work...that is strictly Islamic.
Well, if it’s requirements they want, Islam is the religion for England. The imams will tell you what your wife and daughter can wear and which hand to wipe your butt with.
Britain is going down the drain, after all the blood we shed on her behalf. What a waste.
Coming soon to a government near you.
I know I'm living on the edge by doing this however...(gasp)....
Someone MUST show the totally offensive and horrendously in your face piece of metal!
Perhaps children should be removed from the room if anyone is reading this in the presence of minors.
I would start with the 'Father of Lies' and work your way down from there.
It’s not as if the cross is as important to Christianity as the Burka is to Islam.
/s
And the “koranical” basis for the burqua in Eurabian society?
FUEUSSR.
That is, in fact, how it should work and how one would interpret a Constitutional reading of our system.
Does this mean the muslim women can leave their head scarves at home ... or find another job? /s
These "government lawyers" don't seem very bright. I wonder who told them that nonsense.
EXACTLY!! We are told to 'carry' our cross daily. :) Let the godless idiots figure out that one!
“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden...” Matthew 5:14
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