Two British women are going to seek their right to display the cross, while the ministers are going to fight in the European Court of Human Rights that it is not a requirement to wear the symbol of Christian faith at work. It is the first time that the government has been forced to state whether it backs the right of Christians to wear the cross at work.
British daily The Sunday Telegraph has reported that the ministers are likely to argue that employers can ban the wearing of the cross and sack workers who insist on doing so. The government's position received an angry response from prominent figures including Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury. He accused ministers and the courts of "dictating" to Christians and said it was another example of Christianity becoming sidelined in official life.
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