"The question of whether council registrars can object to carrying out parts of their jobs if they clash with their religious beliefs was thrown into the spotlight by the case of Lillian Ladele, who was one of four Christians who went to the European Court of Human Rights last year over disputes involving their employers. Ms Ladele, a former registrar from Islington, north London, was refused the right to opt out of performing civil partnership ceremonies which went against her traditional beliefs about the teaching of the Bible. She accused Islington Council of discriminating against her on grounds of religion and initially won her case at an employment tribunal. But that decision was overturned on appeal, in favour of the council which argued it had to prevent discrimination against gay people. That position was then upheld last month by the European Court in a controversial split decision."
Posted on: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 09:29:22 +0000
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