{"id":721,"date":"2013-05-28T12:57:35","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T17:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/avant-garde\/?p=721"},"modified":"2013-05-30T17:01:30","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T22:01:30","slug":"ftw-religious-privilege-looses-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/avant-garde\/2013\/05\/ftw-religious-privilege-looses-in-court\/","title":{"rendered":"FTW: Religious Privilege Loses in Court"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nChristians are framing it like it’s a discrimination issue – it is not; having a religion is not an excuse not to follow the rules<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Chaplin, 57, a geriatrics nurse from Exeter, was moved to an administrative job after she refused to take off a crucifix around her neck<\/strong>. Her\u00a0case was rejected in January<\/a>\u00a0on the grounds that such an instruction was necessary for hygiene and the safety of patients and staff.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ladele, 52, a local authority registrar, was disciplined by Islington council in London for refusing to conduct civil partnership ceremonies<\/strong>, while McFarlane, 51, a Bristol relationship counsellor, was dismissed by the charity Relate for saying he might object to assisting same-sex couples<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The court had ruled that both employers’ actions were justified, given their obligations to prevent discrimination against people using their services.<\/p>\n

Tuesday’s decision was welcomed by the National Secular Society. The group’s executive director, Keith Porteous Wood, said: “Fortunately, Europe’s highest court has now wisely followed numerous lower courts and rejected the applicants’ attempts for religious conscience to trump\u00a0equality\u00a0law<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“We hope that this will now draw a line under the attempts by a small coterie of Christian activists to obtain special privileges for themselves which would invariably come at the expense of other people’s rights<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Too bad Nadia Eweida<\/strong> got away with it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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