Court sides with 'religious neutrality'

[rug]

Published: Oct. 28, 2011 at 7:32 PM

VERSAILLES, France, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A French court has ruled that a private nursery had the right to fire an employee for wearing an Islamic headscarf.

The ruling in a Versailles appeal court backed a previous ruling that the Baby Loup nursery was within its rights to fire Fatima Afif in 2008 for refusing to remove her headscarf while working, Radio France Internationale reported Thursday.

"It's a victory for us, it's of course a victory for the nursery and beyond that it's a victory for France and for secularism," declared Baby Loup's lawyer Richard Malka.

The case sets a legal precedent because it is the first time a private educational establishment invoked the right to enforce "religious neutrality," a principle behind the 2004 French law banning "ostentatious signs of religion" in state schools.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/10/28/Court-sides-with-religious-neutrality/UPI-91871319844753/

[zbdent]

1. will they fire a Christian for wearing a visible, large cross?

I doubt it ... but if they did, wouldn't that be "neutral"?

And wait a minute ... it wasn't a "state" school, it was a private school????

odd to me ...

[Kurmudgeon]

2. Will they fire an atheist for wearing the atomic A?

Do a search for "atheism symbol" if you're not sure what I mean.
They should have left the Muslim lady alone, but this is France.
Different country, different laws.

[laconicsax]

3. You're adorable. n/t