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British Tribunal Rejects Religious Discrimination Claim By Adoption Panel Member

By Howard M. Friedman

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In Britain, an employment tribunal in Leicester has rejected religious discrimination charges brought by a Christian pediatrician who was dismissed from her position on a Northamptonshire County Council adoption panel when she asked to abstain from voting in cases where same-sex parents were seeking to adopt. Brighouse Echo reports today that the employment judge concluded Dr. Sheila Matthews was treated no differently than any other panel member who might request to abstain from voting for any reason would have been.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on November 17, 2010 (boomark / email).

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