Saturday, October 14, 2006
Christianity to be forbidden in British Airways ?
A British Airways worker said on Saturday that she planned to sue her employer after being sent home from work for refusing to remove a necklace bearing a Christian cross.
Liberal Democrat politician Vincent Cable, who represents Eweida's home area of Twickenham in west London, said it was "absolutely mind-boggling that Britain's flag-carrying airline could treat its employees in such a disgraceful and petty manner".
"Nadia is a devout Christian who was displaying her faith, but in a modest and totally unprovocative manner," he said.
"It is absolutely right that other religious minorities be allowed exemption from the dress code, but why can't a Christian be treated in the same way?"
IMO: Seems a bit strange to me. Apparently Sikh turbans and Muslim hijabs are OK. On the same basis, maybe Muslim women for the BA should be veiled also. What next? Is BA going to be handed to Turkish Airlines in compensation for France not approving the Armenian genocide? I think it is appalling if we are to be driven to think that BA is staffed by the wrong people or in the wrong hands, like in Hitler's Germany the Jewish firms had to be handed over to the Nazis. Maybe now the Christian firms will be given to Muslims, and doubtless Tony B. Liar and his cronies will take a fee. Harrods is a case in point where a firm has already been handed over to people, one of whom may well be criminally insane, who has threatened the Royal Family and is not permitted a UK passport. All this is no joke. BA has not done as well as it should in recent years and maybe the management should be investigated thooroughly.
Liberal Democrat politician Vincent Cable, who represents Eweida's home area of Twickenham in west London, said it was "absolutely mind-boggling that Britain's flag-carrying airline could treat its employees in such a disgraceful and petty manner".
"Nadia is a devout Christian who was displaying her faith, but in a modest and totally unprovocative manner," he said.
"It is absolutely right that other religious minorities be allowed exemption from the dress code, but why can't a Christian be treated in the same way?"
IMO: Seems a bit strange to me. Apparently Sikh turbans and Muslim hijabs are OK. On the same basis, maybe Muslim women for the BA should be veiled also. What next? Is BA going to be handed to Turkish Airlines in compensation for France not approving the Armenian genocide? I think it is appalling if we are to be driven to think that BA is staffed by the wrong people or in the wrong hands, like in Hitler's Germany the Jewish firms had to be handed over to the Nazis. Maybe now the Christian firms will be given to Muslims, and doubtless Tony B. Liar and his cronies will take a fee. Harrods is a case in point where a firm has already been handed over to people, one of whom may well be criminally insane, who has threatened the Royal Family and is not permitted a UK passport. All this is no joke. BA has not done as well as it should in recent years and maybe the management should be investigated thooroughly.
# posted by uv : 10:15 AM
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