2012-07-11 UK: David Cameron: I will change the law to allow crosses at work

[Suomi2050]

David Cameron: I will change the law to allow crosses at work

David Cameron has promised to change the law to protect the rights of workers to wear religious symbols while at work.

During exchanges at Prime Minister's Question Time, Mr Cameron was asked about the case of Nadia Eweida, who has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights after being sacked by British Airways for wearing a crucifix at Heathrow Airport.

David Davis, the former shadow home secretary, described the airline's refusal to allow Miss Eweida to wear her cross as a "disgraceful piece of political correctness" and asked the Prime Minister why the Government was opposing her appeal.

He said: "On September 4, the European Court of Human Rights is hearing the case of Miss Nadia Eweida, the lady who lost her job at British Airways for wearing a crucifix as a mark of her Christianity.

"The behaviour of British Airways in this was a disgraceful piece of political correctness, so I was surprised to see the Government is resisting Miss Eweida's appeal. I cannot believe the Government is supporting the suppression of religious freedom in the workplace, so what are we going to do in this case?"

In response, Mr Cameron said he that he was fully supportive of employees' right to wear religious symbols at work, adding: "I think it is an absolutely vital freedom."

He went on: "What we will do is that if it turns out that the law has the intention [of banning the display of religious symbols in the workplace], as has come out in this case, then we will change the law and make clear that people can wear religious symbols at work."

The Prime Minister joked that while he did not always side with Mr Davis – his rival for the 2005 Tory leadership contest – he "wholeheartedly agreed" with him over the BA case.

Miss Eweida, 59, a Pentecostal Christian from Twickenham, south-west London, was sent home from her job at Heathrow in 2006 when she refused to remove her crucifix or accept a non-uniformed job.

She lost an industrial tribunal, which ruled that she had not suffered religious discrimination. BA has since changed its policy to allow the wearing of crosses and other religious symbols.

Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/pmqs/9392150/David-Cameron-I-will-change-the-law-to-allow-crosses-at-work.html

[Roope]

"The behaviour of British Airways in this was a disgraceful piece of political correctness, so I was surprised to see the Government is resisting Miss Eweida's appeal. I cannot believe the Government is supporting the suppression of religious freedom in the workplace, so what are we going to do in this case?"

In response, Mr Cameron said he that he was fully supportive of employees' right to wear religious symbols at work, adding: "I think it is an absolutely vital freedom."

Pukeutumiskoodista päättää työnantaja, ja kyseinen työntekijä on ollut tietoinen säännöistä. Ei ole uskonnonvapauteen liittyvä oikeus esiintyä työnantajan univormussa tietyn uskonnon edustajana. Tällekin työntekijälle tarjottiin toista työtä, jossa hän olisi voinut pitää krusifiksiaan näytillä, mutta se ei kelvannut.

BA has since changed its policy to allow the wearing of crosses and other religious symbols.

Otti liian koville, kun kimpussa oltiin julkisuusmyllyn ja oikeusjuttujen kanssa.

Wiki: Eweida v British Airways plc

[Suvaitsija]

Järjettömyyttä. Kyllä yksityisen firman tulisi saada päättää, ketä ottaa töihin ja mitä varusteita siellä käytetään. Muuten ollaan kohta siinä tilanteessa, että joku lepakkomies tai jedisoturi ihmettelee, miksei saa pitää uskonnollisia asusteita työpaikallaan. Eikös jediuskonto tai vastaava muutenkin äskettäin virallistettu briteissä...?

[Suomi2050]

Eikös jediuskonto tai vastaava muutenkin äskettäin virallistettu briteissä...?

Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_Kingdom#Jediism

In the 2001 census, 390,000 individuals, (0.7 per cent of total respondents) self-identified as followers of the Jedi faith, created as part of the narrative structure of the Star Wars science-fiction movie series. This Jedi census phenomenon followed an internet campaign that stated, incorrectly, that the Jedi belief system would receive official government recognition as a religion if it received enough support in the census. An email in support of the campaign, quoted by BBC News, invited people to 'do it because you love Star Wars... or just to annoy people'.

Kuva on myös wikipediasta.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedi_census_phenomenon

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Jedi_census_phenomenon_2001.pdf/page1-463px-Jedi_census_phenomenon_2001.pdf.jpg)