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Gods and services: religious groups and sexual orientation discrimination

Sandberg, Russell ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4310-9677 2008. Gods and services: religious groups and sexual orientation discrimination. Ecclesiastical Law Journal 10 (2) , pp. 205-209. 10.1017/S0956618X08001208

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Abstract

Exemptions for religious groups from generally applicable laws are by no means unusual, especially in the field of discrimination law. However, exemptions from laws prohibiting discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation have proved particularly controversial. The legality of exemptions in regulations prohibiting discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation in the employment sphere has been the subject of judicial review and the scope of those exemptions has also been judicially examined. The extension to prohibit discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation in the provision of goods and services has proved controversial, and case law on the extent of the religious exemption included in the British regulations is awaited. In the meantime, a recent judicial review of the corresponding Northern Ireland regulations, which were enacted prior to the British regulations, may be illuminating.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Law
Subjects: K Law > K Law (General)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 0956-618X
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Last Modified: 11 May 2023 17:58
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/19056

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