Right now this is just a story about someone wanting to sue - and I back them too. They have every right to sue and if they win then either there is something wrong with the legislation or the courts haven’t done their job - but only in my opinion, of course.

This is an interesting story though - how far should employers hanker to people’s personal beliefs? I agree in this case that this person should just go and get another job. But what about when certain local councils who try and undermine Christmas celebrations amongst their employees? Do you support that action too in the name of secularism? Where do you draw line?

After all, if there other people to do the civil partnerships, shouldn’t a council be flexible to meet the needs of it’s employees? Devil’s advocate, perhaps, but we meet the needs of parents these days and plenty of other groups and work their personal lives around their professional lives. Why not with religious groups too?

Where do you draw line in all this?

I am not sure whether councils have a fixed position on whether they are secular or not anyway. I was always of the understanding that this is a multi-cultural society and that our public bodies are therefore too.

(Having said that I can think of plenty of sectarian public organisations !)