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 ...
It’s not, however. The rule targets Christians. Muslims are allowed to wear the hijab.
And the crime here is that a government believes it can define what is or is not a tenet of any particular religion. When a government can define your religious belief, it is greater than God...
See the nuns’ faces? How about their hands?
You WON’T see either on the first picture. Also, if the nuns veils slip, they won’t be stoned or burned to death.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1874471.stm
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