Comments on: Religious discrimination complaints follow hood and cross ban

By: barriejohn

barriejohn — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:42:05 +0000

There is no religious obligation upon Christians to wear any visible symbol of their faith, and they know it! It's all bollocks!!

By: OGjess

OGjess — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:25:39 +0000

Williams has lost the blot again "it is by their fruits Ye shall know them" not by some outward visible sign but by an inward spiritual nature. Clearly for Health and Safety this women has been asked to conceal her cross. Williams needs the money and any conflict she can find to generate cash will be a blessing from God. No wonder Jesus hated the Teachers of the Law and their obsession to follow rules to the letter.

By: barriejohn

barriejohn — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:11:40 +0000

Can't argue with that, Lyle – the proof's in the eating!

By: barriejohn

barriejohn — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:33:13 +0000

I've seen it now: I didn't realize that she was still being quoted. My apologies. The statements of the two harpies are amazingly similar – I wonder why that would be? But why would anyone in the "public services" be concerned about being able to "express their faith"? That's not what they're being paid to do.

By: Stuart_W

Stuart_W — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:29:21 +0000

They really are Mrs Chaplin's words according to the piece, although they might as well have been drafted by walking holy huff Andrea M W who chimes in underneath.

By: Brian Jordan

Brian Jordan — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:24:50 +0000

I can't be bothered to do it now – too busy reading the new Dawkins book – but has anybody sorted out exactly what Tesco are objecting to? In the picture, the chap's face is clearly visible: it's not as if he's wearing a bike helmet or anything else concealing his face.
Ah, of course: he's wearing it to conceal other headgear which might well contain a bomb, fizzing away merrily. Ban the bomb, as we used to say!

By: Harry

Harry — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:30:39 +0000

Reading around, it seems that Jediism is Taoism repackaged to fit the Star Wars universe.

Well, if it's been done with Winnie The Pooh…

By: barriejohn

barriejohn — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:21:56 +0000

Yes, it does make you a little cross, doesn't it?

I think you are referring to the barrister's statement here. How can the NHS have a "secularist agenda" when it is not a religious body? As you say, she is just parrotting words which have no logic or significance whatsoever.

By: Stuart_W

Stuart_W — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:02:07 +0000

UPDATE The cross nurse (in both senses) is suing rather than trade her chain for a lapel pin. http://www.christianlegalcentre.com/view.php?id=8... Her brief personal statement reads like Christian whiner's bingo - 'political correctness', 'marginalising', 'secularisation' . Only needed 'persecution' for a full house.

By: kdle

kdle — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:04:56 +0000

Maybe the nurse could just have a cross tattooed on the place of her necklace cross? Nothing dangling around, and there's still cross where she believes there should be one.