Monday, March 12, 2012

EU Moves To Make Wearing A Cross Illegal

(Religion News Blog) UK Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone has instructed Government lawyers to oppose the right of Christian workers to wear a cross. The Daily Mail says they will call on European human rights judges to dismiss the claims of Christian workers who have been banned from displaying the symbol of their faith at work.

The Strasbourg court this spring will take on the cases of Nadia Eweida and Shirley Chaplin. Mrs Eweida, a British Airways check-in clerk, was suspended from work in 2006 after refusing instructions to take off the cross she wore while at work. Mrs. Chaplin Christian is a Christian nurse who was moved to a desk job after refusing to remove her crucifix at work.

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Posted By: Chris Carmouche