4 UK Christians take discrimination case to European court
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[QUOTE=JumpinJackFlash;37548206]I think Eweida is a goddamn moron, but the other three? I'm not sure they're in the wrong. Yes, I can understand the arguments against the necklace, but the necklace is tiny. If there's a risk that little thing is going to get in a wound, why the fuck is the nurse rubbing her neck on people? I'd question that above anything. As for the last two, if they have an objection to something they don't feel comfortable with (for whatever reason) they shouldn't be made to do it or given shit for it. I think it's rather silly, myself, but it's their beliefs.
Having said all of that, I'm going to immediately contradict it because I'm indecisive like that. I [i]also[/i] do not think private businesses should be told how to run their own shop. If you don't like something, but it's how the company does things? Well, it's how the company does things, it's their choice and you can either deal with that or work somewhere that's a better fit.[/QUOTE]
We don't have pictures of the other woman's necklace, so we don't know how large or small it really is. The whole point about banning jewelry in lab/medical settings is that accidents happen. Its the same reason you don't wear loose fitting clothing around heavy machinery and wear goggles and gloves. Risking the lives of your patients because you want to wear something that isn't needed for the job is selfish and unprofessional. Arguing against this one is just stupid.
The objection towards dealing with people with differing sexuality/gender identity in a psychological role is a clear demonstration that they are unfit for the position.
[B]Current psychological data has concluded that human sexuality and gender identity is not a choice, nor is it a detrimental psychological condition. Treating either as such or refusing to work with individuals with these inherent qualities is a violation of standard psychological procedures.[/B]
We don't hire alchemists as chemists, we don't hire witch doctors as general practitioners, we shouldn't hire shitty doctors for a public school setting.
The last individual is also wrong. Refusal to carry out their role as a public official because of beliefs that aren't based in reality(see bold) is reprehensible. You can't allow discrimination(because that's exactly what it is. There isn't any debate over this shit anymore until you can come up with a better way to explain all the data that formed the bolded above) by a public official in public matters.
If I'm a state official and I think you're a dick, I still have to do my job if you ask me to. There's a reason we call them civil servants.
[quote] Mr McFarlane, a Bristol counsellor, was sacked by Relate for refusing to give relationship advice to gay people
• Ms Ladele was disciplined after she refused to conduct same-sex civil partnership ceremonies in north London[/quote]
They want to make a court case over discrimination?
Go ahead, let's see how fucking far they get.
[QUOTE=Pierrewithahat;37549528]They want to make a court case over discrimination?
Go ahead, let's see how fucking far they get.[/QUOTE]
They've gotten pretty far by lying to the press and receiving funds from various christian lobbyist/rights/legal groups.
The fact that ~100MPs have addressed this as an issue at all is just disgusting. They keep losing in court but they don't seem to care about the court. They're pushing for legislation and publicity, and that's exactly what they want.
Right now they are winning. For every person that calls them on their bullshit there are at least three fuckwits that fall for it.
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