British bishops ban discrimination against gays, co-habitors

[Quetzal]

British bishops ban discrimination against gays, co-habitors

The Catholic bishops of England and Wales have determined that gays and cohabiting couples can no longer be denied employment by the Church.

Catholic World News reports that the decree is included in a new set of guidelines issued by the Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, which they said they hope will help "create a more just society."

The Policy Statement and Guidelines on Diversity and Equality published on Monday states that "Catholic organisations must ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favorable treatment than another on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or age."

It calls on "Catholic bodies" to "publicly acknowledge their respect for diversity and commitment to equality."

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British bishops ban discrimination against gays, co-habitors

[xchrom]

1. woo-hoo!

praise be!

'course this is gonna offend those who think more about other peoples sex lives than they do their own.

[MarianJack]

2. Good News!

Hopefully, it will have some effect over here, but probably not.

My wife and I WILL make this known in our congregation!

BTW, Great picture in the sig line!

[Stepup2]

3. This is huge!

Too bad we can not expect similar forward thinking messages to come from this side of the pond.

Instead the discrimination and hate are trumpeted as law of the land