British Sikhs Challenge 2011 Census Form

Britain's Sikh Federation is considering filing a lawsuit against the UK government's Office of National Statistics over the form it plans to use for the 2011 census. According to yesterday's Sikh Times, the government intends to list Sikhs as a choice in the voluntary portion of the form that asks about religious affiliation. The Sikh group insists that Sikh should also be a choice in the compulsory portion of the form that asks about ethnicity. They say that otherwise this will continue the under count of Sikhs that occurred ten years ago, reducing the amount of government services to which they are entitled.