Comments on: Atheist cleaners could sue Christian care homes over crucifixes

By: esilvester

esilvester — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:35:59 +0000

If I, an atheist, saw a crucifx I imagine that this would instantly cause me to turn to dust.
This would create an unfair amount of mess for the cleaners to clear up.

By: gary

gary — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:32:58 +0000

I think the law needs to settle on what expression is. If slaughtering people is an expression of faith, then the law should say, “No, killing is always murder.” I think the law is a bit lenient when it comes to what defines terrorism, but suing over a crucifix is a definite violation of expression. Weird things like crucifixes and prayer altars sometimes turn people on, but that’s just their map of the territory. It generally doesn’t hurt anyone except the dignity of the rest of us who will get lumped together with them in historic hindsight. The law tends to be a product of business, not philosophy or anthropology. Until that changes, I’ll see you in court.

By: Brian McDee

Brian McDee — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:15:12 +0000

Another example of someone going out of their way to be offended.

By: Chris N.

Chris N. — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:11:02 +0000

well it’s likely either a poorly worded law, or an incorrect, reactionary, interpretation of that law. neither would suprise me.

By: Diana

Diana — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:16:59 +0000

DISGUSTING! Another bill that chips away at our freedom of expression.

By: Rogan Josh

Rogan Josh — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:25:13 +0000

Julián Rodriguez Orihuela, bravo!!

By: Sef

Sef — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:55:39 +0000

Care homes for religious people cater to religious people – if you don’t like it, maybe work somewhere else more secular. Same way if you are a vegetarian, don’t work in a butchers.

“This all reminds me of the South Park non-denomination specific Christmas, where every religious and atheist lobby group vetoes each other’s Yuletide customs for the school nativity and they end up presenting a lame interpretive dance piece with music by Philip Glass!”

Yes yes. It does.

By: Julián Rodriguez Orihuela

Julián Rodriguez Orihuela — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:40:54 +0000

I’m an atheist and I’m all for secularism, but this is stupid. If you’re working in their place they have every right to put the nazi symbol in the wall if they want to.

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:44:07 +0000

Oh, for God’s sake…

By: Slugsie

Slugsie — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:50:10 +0000

Personally if I was likely to be offended by religious iconography (I’m not BTW), then I’d choose not to get a job where I would be subjected to it.

I guess the only time that a cleaner be unsuspectingly subjected to such images is if they work for a contract cleaner and need to cover for a regular cleaner off work for some reason.

Lets be honest though, the vast majority of atheists would just shrug it off 99.99% of the time for ‘normal’ religious stuff.

Could a catholic cleaner sue for being forced subjected to secular iconography? Should I take down my Richard Dawkins (all hail RD!!!) statue before the cleaner comes round?