Wearing a cross is a crime in England??

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Where does it say illegal?

It doesn't, it's about wether an employee has any right to go against uniform code at work and wear a visable cross.
 
From a quick scan of the article it seems to crux of the issue is the fact that a crucifix is not a requirement of the faith, as a result it doesn't take priority over a companies enforced dress code.

Makes sense to me.
 
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Fenris said:
From a quick scan of the article it seems to crux of the issue is the fact that a crucifix is not a requirement of the catholic faith, as a result it doesn't take priority over a companies enforced dress code.

Makes sense to me.
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Fair enough
 
It is a bit silly though that Sikh's can bypass a law that applies to everyone else like not having to wear a helmet on a motorbike whilst Christians can't even wear a silly necklace to work. I think Sikhs can also legally carry a sword (well officially it's a knife) about too but I might be wrong on that.
 
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I've always wondered what Jesus would say if he came down & saw everybody wearing his torture device ? :p
 
estebanrey said:
It is a bit silly though that Sikh's can bypass a law that applies to everyone else like not having to wear a helmet on a motorbike whilst Christians can't even wear a silly necklace to work.
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It'd probably help if you read the article before making silly comments like that.
 
It really gives me an impression of a feeling of inferiority from the Christians in that their faith isn't as outwardly obvious due to it having no day-to-day requirements for its followers.
 
Can employers stop employees wearing headscarfs then?
Don't really see any reason why a cross is different from a headscarf, they are not in either of the holy books.
 
Janesy B said:
It'd probably help if you read the article before making silly comments like that.
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I did read it, my comment still stands.

I personally don't believe rules should be specially made for any religion, but when you look at the law and company policies generally you will find that some religions (i.e ones that come from west Asia) seem to get a lot more exemptions than others.

All religions should be treated the same by both the law and companies but both are too scared of being accused of 'racism' to equalize the rights of their religious citizens and employees.
 
RomanNose said:
Can employers stop employees wearing headscarfs then?
Don't really see any reason why a cross is different from a headscarf, they are not in either of the holy books.
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The Hijab is a requirement interpreted from the Hadith. The Niqab is the one that can be argued as not.

*As far as I am aware, a quick google backs this up.

estebanrey said:
All religions should be treated the same by both the law and companies
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They are treated equally, any religion which requires it's follows to wear an item or dress a specific way are permitted to do just that.

Christianity has no such requirements.
 
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