Spursalot
Jimmy McCormick
The cases involve British Airways check-in clerk Nadia Eweida, nurse Shirley Chaplin, relationship counsellor Gary McFarlane and registrar Lilian Ladele:
1) Ms Eweida, a Pentecostal Christian from Twickenham, south-west London, was sent home by her employer British Airways in 2006 after refusing to remove a necklace with a cross
2) Devon-based nurse Mrs Chaplin was moved to a desk job by Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust Hospital for similar reasons
3) Mr McFarlane, a Bristol counsellor, was sacked by Relate after saying he had a conscientious objection to giving relationship advice to gay people
4) Ms Ladele was disciplined after she refused to conduct same-sex civil partnership ceremonies in north London
Please no simple religious hatred or anything, i'd more like to know peoples views on them.
In my opinion, Cases 1 and 2 seem a little odd. They do not in fact have anything to do with being christian. It is their own choice to decide to wear a cross, their religion does not demand it or anything, so are they not just cases of people wearing jewellery to work when they have been told not to? It's not as if they would be seen as being any less christian for taking them off whilst they work.
I can fully understand cases 3 and 4. In case 4 it should be easy enough to not force someone who's religion is against it to conduct same-sex civil partnerships. As long as she had declared she was not ok doing it before being given the job, then it would be no harm, no foul. In case 3 i would assume the same applies. If the 'conscientious objection' had been given prior to hiring i would agree that the sacking is unfair. However if it has been given after then it does create difficulties as you are not able to do the job that you have been hired to do.
Keep it civil..
1) Ms Eweida, a Pentecostal Christian from Twickenham, south-west London, was sent home by her employer British Airways in 2006 after refusing to remove a necklace with a cross
2) Devon-based nurse Mrs Chaplin was moved to a desk job by Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust Hospital for similar reasons
3) Mr McFarlane, a Bristol counsellor, was sacked by Relate after saying he had a conscientious objection to giving relationship advice to gay people
4) Ms Ladele was disciplined after she refused to conduct same-sex civil partnership ceremonies in north London
Please no simple religious hatred or anything, i'd more like to know peoples views on them.
In my opinion, Cases 1 and 2 seem a little odd. They do not in fact have anything to do with being christian. It is their own choice to decide to wear a cross, their religion does not demand it or anything, so are they not just cases of people wearing jewellery to work when they have been told not to? It's not as if they would be seen as being any less christian for taking them off whilst they work.
I can fully understand cases 3 and 4. In case 4 it should be easy enough to not force someone who's religion is against it to conduct same-sex civil partnerships. As long as she had declared she was not ok doing it before being given the job, then it would be no harm, no foul. In case 3 i would assume the same applies. If the 'conscientious objection' had been given prior to hiring i would agree that the sacking is unfair. However if it has been given after then it does create difficulties as you are not able to do the job that you have been hired to do.
Keep it civil..
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