Hi Moira
I believe you are correct in saying that the EHRC must be proposing allowing
people to somehow opt out of the legislation, because certainly in the case
of Ladele, Islington Council tried very hard to accommodate her in other
ways, such as suggesting alternative posts with the Council, which she
refused. I wrote to the EHRC to express my concerns, and received a reply
which basically said "I understand you have read our press release and we
have nothing to add to that". I think it is vital that as many people as
possible respond to the consultation to express their views on this.
Best wishes
Jill
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Dear All,
Thanks for sharing this Darren - I for one wouldn't have know about the
consultation otherwise.
I am considering how to respond but in their text the EHRC say very
little about what they are proposing. I am particularly interested in
the Ladele and McFarlane cases. Could anyone who has read this confirm
whether the assumption is that a potential "reasonable accommodation" in
these cases would have been to allow these individuals to refuse to
serve LGBT people? This is what seems to be implied but maybe I have
missed something?
Best wishes,
Moira
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Equality and Diversity Manager, Canterbury Christ Church University
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Dear All, this has come into my inbox and following out discussions last
month thought I would forward this on:
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Dear colleague
Last month the Commission announced that we had applied to intervene at
the European Court of Human Rights in four legal cases involving
discrimination and religion or belief. We have now been granted
permission to do so.
We are considering using the four cases already before this Court as a
platform to advise on and clarify the interpretation of human rights
laws. We are seeking your views on our proposed submission on the human
rights elements of the four cases claiming religious discrimination, and
separately, whether the concept of reasonable accommodation has any
useful practical application in cases concerning the manifestation of
religion or belief.
We have produced an informal consultation document which sets out the
general direction of the commission's intervention and asks some
specific questions. If you would like to respond, please do so by Monday
5th September. This is a short deadline but, as we expected, the Court
has only given us a few weeks in which to prepare our submissions.
For more information, please download the consultation document from our
website via the link below."
http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/legal-and-policy/human-rights-legal-p
owers/legal-intervention-on-religion-or-belief-rights-seeking-your-views
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