The UKs Equality BillFollow

The UK Equality Bill will be passing through the commons in the near future.

I did not really pay attention to this bill until a story was shown about the Pope spewing off about it

So I decided to look at it.

Whats interesting is that this bill not only combines many older bills into one more recognisable document but that it furthers the rights of some previously discriminated sections of society.
There is also a clear clash of religious belief being protected while at the same time banning any discrimination against GLBT sections of society which religions actively encourage.

I was wondering what people thought about the rights of the GLBT lobbyist being protected and how this mixes with religion.

Whats interesting is how little noise this bill is making considering the drama caused in the US by laws granting only a subset of the rights of the UK bill.

I'm just wondering what this kind of Bill would stir in particular American states ...

Edited, Feb 1st 2010 8:12pm by GwynapNud

It wouldn't make it to discussion because they pay too much for lobbyists.

I'm going to play a bit of devil's advocate here, but why do you believe this?

If an organization is sufficiently capable of providing social services as to otherwise qualify under some sort of federal funding program for such things, why should it matter what sort of employment practices they engage in? In what way are the two related? Doesn't this mean that the funding money becomes a lever to change the organizations rather than about funding what it claims to fund?


I guess what I'm getting at here, is that if it's a violation of an organizations rights to make it outright illegal for them to restrict priesthood to men (for example), then isn't blocking funding for unrelated functions of their organization just as wrong? Isn't that just a backhanded way of accomplishing the same thing? Seems deceptive to me...

Edited, Feb 1st 2010 5:07pm by gbaji

I think he's writing as if they're nutty for thinking that they shouldn't include people of any gender or sexuality. And of course, he's right.





This of course works in reverse right? Were I to live in the UK and want a job at an all women's gym, they couldn't not hire me because I'm a guy, right?