Electrician faces sack for displaying Christian cross in his van

[BlueSapphire]

An electrician and former soldier faces the sack for displaying a small palm cross in the window of his company van.

Colin Atkinson, 64, from Wakefield, has been called to a disciplinary hearing at the housing association where he has worked for 15 years.

His bosses at the publicly funded Wakefield and District Housing (WDH) have demanded he remove the eight inch long cross made from woven palm leaves that sits on his dashboard.

The organisation claims the cross may cause offence but says it strongly promotes “inclusive” policies and allows employees to wear religious symbols at work.

It has provided stalls at gay pride events, held “diversity days” for travellers, and has allowed other staff to display photographs of Che Guevera, the revolutionary leader, in their office.

Mr Atkinson, who is a regular worshipper at church, said: “I have worked in the coal mines and served in the Army in Northern Ireland and I have never suffered such stress.

telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/8456637/Electrician-faces-sack-for-displaying-Christian-cross-in-his-van.html

 

[cyberwolf001]

Everyone can be the victim of intolerance sadly. These days religion is the favorite target.

 

[Dale_M]

the article:

Wakefield District Housing said: “We do not allow employees to display any personal representations in our vehicles, although they are free to do so upon their person.

Hmmm… what is the difference? Perhaps the van is emblazoned with the identity of the housing agency, whereas employees don’t wear uniforms identifying them as employees of the agency? Does anyone know?

 

[Mystic_Banana]

Hmmm… what is the difference? Perhaps the van is emblazoned with the identity of the housing agency, whereas employees don’t wear uniforms identifying them as employees of the agency? Does anyone know?

If the Che poster exists, then they are hypocrites - displaying a poster relating to a communist icon is clearly as ideologically charged as having a crucifix! It is grim in the UK…

Political correctness is enforced to an increasingly oppressive fashion, quite hypocritically… awful, but predictable

 

[agnes_therese]

Wakefield District Housing said: “We do not allow employees to display any personal representations in our vehicles, although they are free to do so upon their person."

If the vehicles belong to them, they do have a right to say what can be displayed. Now, if they allow symbols of other religions to be displayed in/on the vehicles, he has a legitimate gripe.

 

[paperwight66]

Wakefield District Housing said: “We do not allow employees to display any personal representations in our vehicles, although they are free to do so upon their person."

If the vehicles belong to them, they do have a right to say what can be displayed. Now, if they allow symbols of other religions to be displayed in/on the vehicles, he has a legitimate gripe.

Well, quite. Actually, if they allow employees to display on their persons, they are being generous.

I’d imagine they are wary of (for example) satanic images being displayed on their vehicles, which could impact the corporate image pretty negatively, so it is clearer to say none at all, rather than get into discussion.

Or it does not have to be any particularly religious image to make owners decide it made their vehicle look messy and unprofessional. For a time in Liverpool, some of the dustbin lorries used to have teddybears or plastic flowers tied on them that the drivers had fished out of the rubbish, but then it was banned. A pity. really, as it was amusing to see them on a rainy day.

 

[Reepicheep]

If the Che poster exists, then they are hypocrites - displaying a poster relating to a communist icon is clearly as ideologically charged as having a crucifix! It is grim in the UK…

Political correctness is enforced to an increasingly oppressive fashion, quite hypocritically… awful, but predictable

There might be a difference between displaying a poster on the wall of the employee’s own office, and displaying the same poster on the side of the company van.

 

[wisdomseeker]

How terrible that one can no longer evangelize through symbols. They are trying to compare God wiht ideological humans beings. where did the First Commandment go?

 

[Mystic_Banana]

There might be a difference between displaying a poster on the wall of the employee’s own office, and displaying the same poster on the side of the company van.

Hmmm, alright - you might be right. Still, I doubt it’s a rule that’s applied honestly and evenly

 

[wisdomseeker]

There might be a difference between displaying a poster on the wall of the employee’s own office, and displaying the same poster on the side of the company van.

who cares. the important thing is that God must ocupy an special place in our lives. God is above all things. it is not our rights that are above God.