As many of the regulars are struggling to empathise with people who have religious beliefs, try this scenario:
A family are visiting the UK on holiday and the dad dies of a heart attack. The family is desperate to have the body released so it can be brought home as soon as possible. Your response as the coroner would be:
(a) I understand and the duty coroner will deal with it ASAP.
(b) Get bent.
Another fatuous attempt at a point ....
I myslef and I assume a lot of other people here would have no problem with a a coroner expediting the processing of a body as required in such a case as the family are from abroad and not because of their particular religious beliefs.
In the unlikely event that there was two deaths such as this in quick succession one to let's say a Jewish family and the other to a Sikh one and both families wanted the body released quickly then the Jewish family should not get preferential treatment over the Sikh one on the basis of religion alone!
As before I (and i assume most other people) would have no issue with coroners prioritising cases based on criteria that applies to everyone and is not based on giving preference to certain group identities like religion.
Ie people with few or disinterested relatives can be put back to prioritise people who have close relatives who want to hold a ceremony quickly regardless of what religion (or no religion) they subscribe to.
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