British court rules that environmentalism is a religion
A former executive of a top property company has been told he can claim at a tribunal that he was sacked because of his “philosophical belief in climate change”.
In the landmark ruling Tim Nicholson was told he could use employment law to argue that he was discriminated against because of his views on the environment. The head of the tribunal ruled that those views amounted to a philosophical belief under the Employment Equality (Religion and Belief) Regulations, 2003. The case is the first of its kind and could open the way for hundreds of future claims to be made in the same fashion, the newspaper reported.
Mr Nicholson, 41, was made redundant while head of sustainability at Grainger plc, Britain’s biggest residential property investment company, in July last year. He is now suing his former employers for unfair dismissal, arguing that his beliefs on the environment prompted clashes with other senior executives at the firm, and led to his sacking.
Mr Nicholson told the tribunal that he clashed with other executives over the way it adopted its policies on the environment and corporate social responsibility. He said he tried to get the company to act in a more environmentally responsible way, but was obstructed by senior company executives. Mr Nicholson said that his frustrations were exemplified by an occasion when the company’s chief executive, Rupert Dickinson, “showed contempt for the need to cut carbon emissions by flying out a member of the IT staff to Ireland to deliver his BlackBerry that he had left behind in London.”
At a pre-hearing review at an employment tribunal in London, tribunal head David Sneath ruled on a point of law that: “In my judgment, his belief goes beyond a mere opinion.” The full employment tribunal is now set to take place from June 4. Grainger might consider an appeal against the ruling, the company’s lawyer said.
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Posted by JonJayRay on April 29, 2009 9:30 am
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Fat Al Gore and his Buddy Flabby Abs Clinton have one spiritual leader: SEX
(one slobbered kisses on his victim the other bit the victims lip until it bled).
It was easy for Fat Al to become addicted to scam money from carbon foot erasers.
I’m perfectly fine with environmentalism being classified as a religion in the U.S.
Because then we can apply the Left’s favorite non-existant law of “Separation of Church and State”. Any time the president wants to implement any of his “Green” policies, we can tell him to keep his religious beliefs away from U.S. law. The ACLU will have no choice but to agree.
Then can we FINALLY have some separation of church and state over here???