Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-10-04-Speech-3-206"

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dcterms:Date	"2000-10-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Discrimination and equal treatment in the workplace2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001004.8.3-206"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-04-Speech-3-2072
lpv:speaker	lp:John Purvis2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, discrimination on religious grounds is as unacceptable as any other form of discrimination. We have seen the tragic results in Northern Ireland and in the Balkans. It simmers away under the surface in several parts of our European Union. Nevertheless the spiritual dimension is a vital dimension of our European way of life. It is a clear fact of our European history that we have a large number of religions and each of those religions has various and diverse churches, denominations and trends. It is important that they should be able to uphold their beliefs. I welcome the rather obvious fact that priests and ministers can be restricted to the relevant faith without promoting accusations of illegal discrimination. But that is not enough. We must support Amendment No 37 by the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, which also exempts any restrictions on the religion or faith of persons who come directly into contact with members of that faith in education, social welfare or health care, for example, teachers in denominational schools, doctors and nurses in hospitals and hospices, visitors to inmates in prison, counsellors and carers for children, old people, teenagers and married couples, where these socially desirable services are provided by religious bodies. A spiritual dimension is vital to Europe. We must avoid absurd tangles of red tape, which will only succeed in reducing Europe to a purely materialistic, politically correct but pointless entity."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Purvis (PPE-DE )."1

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