Bosses told to IGNORE political correctness on religion and bring BACK Christmas
THE politically correct concept of “the winter holidays” looks like being consigned to the dustbin of history after Britain’s equality chief said bosses should not worry about offending other faiths with cards and office parties.
By JON ROGERS
Express.co.uk
Sun, Nov 27, 2016
The chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) David Isaac said companies should take a “common sense approach” in dealing with religion at work.
He said: “Freedom of religion is a fundamental human right and it shouldn’t be suppressed through fear of offending. Lots of employers have now become really worried about doing anything discriminatory regarding their Muslim or Jewish staff.”
Mr Isaac also lambasted the decision by the country’s three largest cinema chains for banning a 60 second advert featuring the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and others reading lines from The Lord’s Prayer last year.
The advert had been due to air in December last year before the film Star Wars: The Force Awakens but the Oden, Cineworld and Vue chains, which account for around 80 percent of all screens in the UK, refused to air the clip.
A section in an upcoming report by the ECHR reads: “There is no right in Britain not to be offended and, in our view, respect for people’s right to express beliefs with which others might disagree, is the mark of a democratic society.
“We are concerned that a single supplier is effectively able to control a very large proportion of the market and effectively impose a blanket ban on advertising of a religious nature.”
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