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EU states can ban religious symbols in public workplaces (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 year ago by CAVOK@lemmy.world to c/europe@feddit.de

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[–] Freeman@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There are tens of thousands (probably hundreds of thousands over the whole world) of people who got sexually harrassed by catholic personel. I think for them and their families a cross has quite strong "predatory connotations" and makes them "fear for the savety of their (or their children)"

[–] branchial@feddit.de -1 points 1 year ago

So we should ban all displays of religion in public and at the workplace because of the actions of vile clergymen? I agree that religious symbols can be a trigger to people who have been subjected to harrassment and assault in a religious context. But I haven't heard these people talk about a ban on religious symbols in general.