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27/02/2009
Anti-discrimination legislation 'attacked' by Cardinal |
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Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor suggests that workplace legislation on discrimination has gone too far.
In a lecture at Westminster Cathedral, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales claimed that anti-discrimination laws are attacking freedom and the government needs to develop a better understanding of faith's place in society
"Legislation on discrimination, much of it good in itself, is now being used to limit freedom of religion in unacceptable ways," he said.
Recent figures from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) show that an increasing number of religious discrimination cases are going to court.
The CMI has revealed that during the 12 months leading up to April 2008, 600 cases of faith-related discrimination in the workplace were tackled by courts - up from 486 during the corresponding period of 2006.
In England and Wales 85 per cent of people have a religious affiliation, according to the 2001 Census. |
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