A new page! "Human Rights, Tolerance and Equality in Europe". European countries, especially those of the EU and Council of Europe member states, are the best in the world at actively protecting human rights, although some resistance can still be found amongst powerful religious institutions and the occasional backwards-looking nationalist/tribal ( Read more... )

These were 4 separate cases, I've written them up on "Legislation and Faith: Religious Rights and Religious Wrongs" by Vexen Crabtree (2013).

• Lillan Ladele refused to deal with same-sex couples in her public sector job.
• Gary McFarlane refused to treat gay couples equally in his job as a sex counsellor
• Shirley Chaplin was a nurse who refused to accept ( Read more... )

I've added text on the gay parents adoption of children, to "Homosexuality" by Vexen Crabtree (2005), here is the majority of it:
New anti-discrimination laws have been passed in the UK (Equality Act 2006), making it illegal for adoption agencies to discriminate against same-sex parents. This enforces equality. It will mean that more children are ( Read more... )

"Faith Schools: Abolishing Sectarian Education Decreases Inter-Racial Violence and Curbs Religious Extremism" by Vexen Crabtree (2003)
Page has a new conclusion and has been lightly edited ( Read more... )