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EU commissioner questions Polish-church bar on ?gay? teachers

By Alliance Alert

The Christian Century: "A European Union commissioner has rejected claims by a Polish government minister that her country's Roman Catholic schools can refuse to employ gay and lesbian teachers . . . 'Organizations whose ethos is based on religion or belief are allowed to take a person's religion or belief into account, where necessary, when recruiting personnel, and to require their personnel to show loyalty to that ethos,' said Reding. 'It is made clear, however, that any difference in treatment should not justify discrimination on grounds other than of religion or belief.'"

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on November 18, 2010 (boomark / email).