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A brilliant one in the Telegraph! The story relates to the new Equality Bill, which states that "Church care homes could be forced to remove crucifixes from their walls in case they offend "atheist Cleaners".
Now I have a problem with using crucifixes and atheists as a way of bringing the new Equality Bill to people’s attention. I understand that there is a great deal of concern that if this bill is passed it will have a potential disastrous effect on religious expression. However an atheist is by definition someone who does not believe and therefore could be offended the same as if they didn’t like the design of a vase. It would be impossible for them to be offended because it is a religious ornament because they don’t believe in religion Q.E.D. So let’s drop this one as an argument. However if you take this to its potential conclusion where a person of one religious bent can take recourse with the law if they see an object of another religious bent that they don’t like where will it end up.
How about this for a scenario ... I don’t like your crucifix, well I don’t like your prayer mat, and I don’t like your church pews, and I don’t like your alter, your bible makes me sick, your church steeple is a symbol of Christianity and I have to look at it, your synagogue is Jewish and I am Christian and don’t want to look at that either it should be demolished. Ok bugger it lets just have a war, or a number of them.
Here we go with the government trying to make people do exactly what they or the PC brigade want but don’t they understand that they can cause more problems than solve. Yes I am a Christian but fully support other religions any of which I could have been a member of if I had been born to different parents. Bringing in laws to solve a problem which I have never seen obviously at the best does nothing, but gives the bigots a platform to stand on. Come on government (if you can call it that) and do something useful, and if you don’t know how, ask David Cameron.