EU drops ‘sexual orientation’ from discrimination directive
Plans to introduce sweeping anti-discrimination laws across Europe which could have threatened UK religious liberties have been dropped because some countries do not want them. Germany is among those...
View ArticleMEPs demand re-think on equality Directive
The European Parliament has called for sexual orientation and religion to be reinserted into a planned anti-discrimination Directive on the provision of goods and services. In a report adopted by a...
View ArticleSexual Orientation back in draft EU discrimination law
The European Commission has accepted calls for sexual orientation and religion to be included in a draft anti-discrimination Directive. The move could damage the religious liberty of Christians. The...
View ArticleCzech Senate blasts EU equality Directive
The Czech Senate has passed a resolution slamming a proposed anti-discrimination Directive which could threaten the religious liberty of Christians. Senators say the Czech domestic law is adequate and...
View ArticleEuropean ministers meet about discrimination law
Government ministers from around Europe are meeting this week to discuss the progress of a draft EU Directive which may infringe the religious liberty of Christians. The draft Directive aims to outlaw...
View ArticleConcern over suggested changes to EU Directive
An EU Directive which threatens the religious liberty of Christians does not go far enough, an influential MEP has said. Kathalijne Buitenweg MEP wants to delete wording which limits the Directive to...
View ArticleCommittee of MEPs reports on discrimination Directive
An influential committee of MEPs has finalised its report on a controversial Directive which threatens religious liberty. The Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)...
View ArticleMEPs’ wishlist is threat to churches and faith schools
UK churches could be sued for refusing to give communion, baptism or church membership to a non-Christian if plans voted for by the European Parliament are adopted by the EU. The Church of England said...
View ArticleIrish RC bishops fear new EU law
Roman Catholic bishops in the Republic of Ireland have raised concerns about a planned EU Directive which could threaten religious liberty. The President of the Bishops’ Commission on Education, Bishop...
View ArticleEU Directive ‘may hit troubled businesses’
The EU has been urged to drop plans to impose a burdensome new Directive on businesses at a time of economic crisis. The employers’ group Business Europe said the planned Equal Treatment Directive...
View ArticleRC leaders: “unacceptable” EU Directive dictates on faith
Britain’s Roman Catholic leaders have branded a proposed EU Equal Treatment Directive an “instrument of oppression”. The Bishops are concerned that the Directive could limit freedom of religion and...
View ArticleUnder-fire EU Directive mired in disagreement
A controversial EU Directive, which Christians fear will undermine free speech and freedom of religion, is being held up in negotiations between European member states. The Directive seeks to outlaw...
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