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Title: Bishop fined in gay discrimination case
Post by: Natasha on February 09, 2008, 10:50:30 AM
Bishop fined in gay discrimination case

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/08/nbishop108.xml
By Nick Britten
02/09/2008

A bishop has been ordered to undergo equal opportunities training and to pay a gay youth worker nearly £50,000 for refusing him a job because of his sexuality.

Title: Re: Bishop fined in gay discrimination case
Post by: Suzy on February 09, 2008, 01:56:37 PM
As much as I think this individual should be welcomed and included by his church, it really bothers me to see a government tell any religion what it should believe and do.  The implications are scary for all of us.

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