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Exemptions allowing churches to refuse to employ gays to be scrapped following pressure from EU
By Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk • November 22, 2009
The European Commission is putting pressure on the British government to drop the exemptions from equality legislation by religious organisations who currently have the right to refuse to employ LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) staff.
The opt out allows churches and other organisations to refuse to employ gay people in order "to avoid conflicting with the strongly held religious convictions of a significant number of the religion's followers". Although there have been successful cases at employment tribunals questioning the implementation and interpretation of the opt-out
The Observer reports that the Commission wrote to the British government to warn that it has not fully implemented EU directives that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexuality.
More here:
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/22/exemptions-allowing-churches-to-refuse-to-employ-gays-to-be-scraped-following-pressure-from-eu/
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