PhilA
Puritan Board Sophomore
I wonder, do they also forbid Muslim women from wearing their hajib, while not jewelry it is a symbol of their religious beliefs. I know, I know, they claim not all Christians wear a cross, and it's not a mandate in the Bible..but they are still 'expressing' their faith in the work place.
And these things show more of the discrimination...I wonder if two homosexuals went to a Mosque to be 'joined together' if the Muslims would be sued if they were taken to court for not performing the ceremony.
The human rights challenge also includes the cases of a Relate therapist sacked for saying he might not be comfortable giving sex counselling to homosexual couples and a Christian registrar who wishes not to conduct civil partnership ceremonies.
Lillian Ladele, a registrar in Islington, was disciplined after she refused to conduct same-sex civil partnership ceremonies on religious grounds.
In a similar case, Gary McFarlane, a Bristol marriage counsellor, was sacked because his employer, who was suspicious because of his open Christianity, learned that he had privately expressed his reluctance to give “sex therapy” to homosexual couples.
There was a case brought by a muslim schoolgirl who wanted to wear a particular type of religious clothing and the school would not accommodate her. She claimed her right to religious freedom was being denied. She lost because it was recognised that she could readily attend another school which would accommodate her dress/beliefs.
I am not defending muslims or the law. I am just providing an answer to the point you raise. I believe this case was sited in the recent ECHR case.