Cross U-Turn: If British Airways think it's the end of the matter...thnk again.
Suzanne Evans PR Blog with evidence from the US on how BA's decision to allow staff to wear public symbols of religion could end up in the courts:
"This is why I sense trouble ahead. A Wiccan wearing a five-pointed star on her lapel meets a Christian wearing a cross on his. Are they going to meet each other in a neutral way? Or is religion going to get in the way of a good working relationship?...A current court case in the USA centres on a Wiccan ex-Starbucks barista, who claims she was asked on several occasions to remove the pentacle from around her neck, despite the fact her colleagues, including her Christian Manager, all wore crosses...I fear it wonât be long before we see a similar case here. Evangelicals in all faiths often will not accept open proselytising by those of other faiths, too often refusing to afford them the rights they demand for themselves."
Adoption Row: The Catholic Church is making a simple, naked power political gesture
Andrew Brown says the adoption row has nothing to do with morals and everything to do power games by the main churches:
"(the Catholic church)...wants from this is a recognition that its view of morality should take precedence over that of a democratically elected parliament. What is more, the view of morality they are fighting for is particularly homophobic in a way that Vatican teaching more generally isn't. Catholic adoption agencies might consistently refuse to consider as parents unmarried couples, remarried couples, single parents, couples who practice contraception, supporters of the death penalty and anyone else who breaches Catholic moral teaching. That would be a consistent stand and one so wildly unpopular that no bishop would consider it. In all those cases, the church has managed to finesse the problem, and with a nod and a wink if necessary allowed humanity to triumph. But the homosexuals are different. They really are the victims of widespread popular prejudice."
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