If anyone stopped me from wearing my Crucifix.............

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  1. Gue

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    I would go bonkers.
    I needed it today !!
     
  2. BRF

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    pardon? lol
     
  3. Gue

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    I have always worn one.
    Born and broughtup as a Catholic etc
    I suppose it has become a 'comfort' item.
    It depends if you are a Christian or not, but please, I beg, let's not go down that Route.......!
     
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    I've been born and brought up a Catholic too, but I didn't know anyone wanted to stop you wearing your crucifix...

    Not that it did any bloody good.

    :pff
     
  5. Gue

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    so instead of a pretend guy fawkes, we can burn you?

    only messin Tina, obviously
     
  6. Gue

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    Sorry, you obviously haven't read the papers today..........
     
  7. Gue

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    Go on burn me, it'll be better than listening to this gloating........

    Oh, if only you lot knew how I'd suffered!
     
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    no, what's it say?
     
  9. Gue

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    RE: Go on burn me, it'll be better than listening to this gloating........

    soon as they scored the 2nd, i was off. Proper, proper pissed off because we dominated with 10 men. 5 minutes to go, all that effort down the drain. We brought Willams on (defensive substitution) and our defence weekened.
     
  10. Gue

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    We have no one on the bench who can make a difference

    That's the problem
     
  11. Zad

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    From The Guardian...

    Blast for BA over crucifix row

    Press Association
    Sunday October 15, 2006 1:03 AM


    British Airways faced a backlash over an "extremely offensive" ruling banning a Christian employee from wearing a cross around her neck.

    Heathrow check-in worker Nadia Eweida claims she was effectively "forced" to take unpaid leave after refusing to remove or conceal the symbol, which is about the size of a five pence piece.

    Meanwhile, the airline said that items such as turbans, hijabs and bangles could be worn "as it is not practical for staff to conceal them beneath their uniforms".

    Miss Eweida, 55, from Twickenham, West London, who has been with BA for seven years, plans to sue her employer - which she considered to be "a very reputable company" - for religious discrimination.

    Miss Eweida said she had just undergone training on respecting and understanding other people's beliefs with BA when she was asked to remove the cross. She sought permission to wear it from management, but that was not forthcoming.

    The airline, now facing a call for Christians to boycott it, was accused of "double standards".

    John Andrews, communications officer for the Diocese of Bath and Wells said: "I think BA are being extremely offensive to members of the Christian faith. If she is wearing it as a symbol of her Christian faith she should be allowed to do it."

    Tory MP Ann Widdecombe warned that if BA had not reversed its "crazy" policy by Monday evening, she would cut up her BA executive club card and would not use the airline in future unless there was no other alternative.

    Mark Stephens, a partner in law firm Finers, Stephens Innocent, said BA was the only company he was aware of who had taken the "extraordinary step" and that a "double standard" was being applied. He accused the company of being "out of step" with employment law and discrimination law.

    A BA spokeswoman emphasised that Miss Eweida has not been suspended from work. She said the matter remained under investigation and an appeal was due to be heard next week.

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