There was a fair amount of email exchange on this topic a month or so ago,
on this forum.
Stonewall take the view that EHRC proposals do indeed mean what Moira
suggests. This is of great concern to any LGB people I have met, and who
know about it, as it does appear to be proposing giving the right to people
providing a public service to pick and choose who they will serve. LGB
people I know in Universities and elsewhere all say there can be no
'accommodation' for discrimination like this.
Take a look at : www.stonewall.org.uk/media/current_releases/5751.asp
Regards
JOHN McLELLAN
E&D Adviser - NHS and HE sector
07850 690038
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From: HE Administrators equal opportunities list
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Sent: 18 August 2011 11:48
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Subject: Re: EHRC Seeking views on Reasonable Accommodation
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
Moira Mitchell
Equality and Diversity Manager, Canterbury Christ Church University
tel: 01227 782795
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From: Mooney, Darren [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 15 August 2011 15:31
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Subject: EHRC Seeking views on Reasonable Accommodation
Dear All, this has come into my inbox and following out discussions last
month thought I would forward this on:
..........................
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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