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OP - March 13, 2012, 07:14 PM

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Britain fights Christians' right to wear cross, infuriating activists

By Richard Allen Greene, CNN

London (CNN) – Christian activists in Britain are furious at the arguments their government will use against them when Europe's highest court considers whether employees have the right to wear crosses that show over their uniforms.

Britain will argue that the two Christian women at the center of the case had the option of quitting their jobs and working elsewhere, so they are not covered by European human rights law, according to legal papers obtained by CNN.

"Employees who face work requirements incompatible with their faith, and have the option of resigning and seeking alternative employment, cannot claim for a breach of Article 9" of the European Convention on Human Rights, Britain will argue.

The government will also say that wearing a cross is not a requirement of Christianity, so wearing one in public is not protected by the law.

The European Court of Human Rights has agreed to hear the case of the two British women, who say their employers discriminated against them by refusing them allow them to display their crosses, calling them violations of their policy on uniforms

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Reply #1 - March 13, 2012, 07:26 PM

Silly to be honest.

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Reply #2 - March 15, 2012, 05:29 PM

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The government will also say that wearing a cross is not a requirement of Christianity, so wearing one in public is not protected by the law.

That's a little silly. To me, that's one step forward having a list of official, "sanctioned" religions, and not recognizing the other. Well, I guess that's not what they meant, but I mean, anyone can claim that his "branch" of Christianity requires whatever he please.

I personally don't think I'll have any problem with wearing my faravahar, as next to no-one around here knows it's a religious symbol, (and I don't even wear it as such) .
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Reply #3 - March 15, 2012, 05:31 PM

You're Zoroastrian?

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Reply #4 - March 15, 2012, 05:48 PM

Any campaign that involves Andrea Minichiello Williams can be safely assumed to be dishonest about its overall intentions.

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Reply #5 - March 17, 2012, 07:26 PM

Quote from: Sprout on March 15, 2012, 05:31 PM
You're Zoroastrian?

No, I'm not. That's why I'm not wearing it as a religious symbol .
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