British Registrar's Religious Discrimination Suit Heard By Tribunal

Today's London Mail reports that in Britain, a London employment tribunal yesterday heard arguments in a religious discrimination case brought by civil marriage registrar Lillian Ladele. Ladele says that the Islington council violated her rights when it insisted that in order for her to keep her position she would be required to perform civil partnership ceremonies for same-sex couples. Ladele, a Christian, claims that as a matter of religious principle she cannot perform the ceremonies. She told the hearing examiner that she was picked on and bullied on a daily basis at work.