It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
Animism, naturalistic pantheism, Gaia theory — there are various belief systems that deify the natural world. But should a fervent belief in the need to fight climate change be given the same legal protection as an actual religion? A London judge said yes, ruling this week that environmentalism should carry the same legal weight as religion under Britain's employment laws.
The case involved Tim Nicholson, 42, who was laid off last year from his job as head of sustainability at Grainger Plc, Britain's largest residential-property company. Nicholson contended he was laid off because his views on the environment were not shared by Grainger executives, and he sued the company for unfair dismissal under Britain's six-year-old Religion and Belief Regulations, which make it unlawful to discriminate against a person on the grounds of their religious or philosophical beliefs.
Originally posted by ELECTRICkoolaidZOMBIEtest
but anyways...i think this isnt about making it a religion, its about preventing morons from hiring/firing people based on their views about the environment.
discriminate against a person on the grounds of their religious or philosophical beliefs.
But in a landmark ruling on Nov. 3, Justice Michael Burton found that "a belief in man-made climate change, and the alleged resulting moral imperatives, is capable, if genuinely held, of being a philosophical belief for the purpose of [the 2003 law]."
Originally posted by ELECTRICkoolaidZOMBIEtest
reply to post by jdub297
but anyways...i think this isnt about making it a religion, its about preventing morons from hiring/firing people based on their views about the environment. its protecting the views in the same way religious views are protected.
Mr Justice Michael Burton said that "a belief in man-made climate change ... is capable, if genuinely held, of being a philosophical belief for the purpose of the 2003 Religion and Belief Regulations".
post by jdub297
Originally posted by jdub297
reply to post by Animal
And once again, you confuse what you would LIKE, with what is lawful.
Grainger had good written policies both on the environment and corporate social responsibility, Mr Nicholson told the hearing – but there was a "mismatch" between the policies and the way in which the firm was managed. When he tried to get it to act in a more environmentally responsible way, he said, senior company executives obstructed him.
In a written statement submitted to the hearing, and then in oral evidence, Mr Nicholson listed a series of examples where, he said, Grainger's practices were very different from its proclaimed environmental stance. One of his jobs, he said, was to try to establish a carbon management strategy for the company – which had been listed as a target in the annual report and accounts. But when he tried to work out the firm's carbon footprint to implement it, senior staff from the human resources and financial departments refused him the necessary data.
Grainger's green policies would sometimes be shown to potential clients as part of a company package, he said, but the firm's executives would turn up at the meetings in "some of the most highly polluting cars on the road".
So if you employed an good worker, you'd consider firing them because of their belief in man made global warming ? A belief which doesn't affect their employment ?
Originally posted by jdub297
reply to post by Animal
I don't live in England.
It is not the law of MY country.
jw
From animism to naturalistic pantheism, there are various belief systems that deify the natural world. But should a fervent belief in the need to fight climate change be given the same legal protection as an actual religion? A London judge said yes, ruling this week that environmentalism should carry the same legal weight as religion under Britain's employment laws.
Originally posted by jdub297
reply to post by Animal
I don't write these stories. I just relate them.
If all you and others can do is attack the messenger, then attack the messenger:
Is Environmentalism a Religion? A British Court Says YES!
www.time.com...
Too bad "Time" is such a liberal publication, or you could attack a conservative "messenger."
(Isn't Time one of the mags that trumpeted "Global Cooling" a while back?)
Deny ignorance.
jw