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What do you think about the EU ruling in favor of employers banning religious clothing and wearing religious symbols?

Asked by JLeslie (65452points) March 15th, 2017 from iPhone

I read the below on Daily Chatter this morning.

“Unveiling Prejudice?
The European Union’s highest court upheld companies’ right to bar employees from wearing or displaying visible religious symbols, in a judgment that differs from the recent US Supreme Court decision in a similar case.

Considering the cases of a Muslim woman from France and a Muslim woman from Belgium who were fired by their employers for wearing headscarves, the court found that companies have the right to ban religious symbols, so long as the ban applies equally to all religions, the Christian Science Monitor reported.

Skeptics suggested the decision – which hinges on its application equally to other symbols such as Christian crosses and Jewish skullcaps – might prove difficult to follow in practice, however. The director of Amnesty International’s Europe and Central Asia program said the ruling “opened a backdoor” for prejudice under the guise of neutrality.

Notably, the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Muslim woman who accused Abercrombie & Fitch of rejecting her job application because she wore a headscarf in 2015.”

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