Brussels loses patience with Harriet Harman over UK gay employment discrimination
The European Commission is threatening the UK government with a European court order and possible fine for breaching EU employment equality laws, by giving faith organisations wide latitude to discriminate against lesbian, gay and bisexual employees on grounds of religiously-motivated prejudice. Liberal Democrat European justice & human rights spokeswoman and London MEP Sarah Ludford said: "I have been campaigning on poor British implementation of European equality measures for a decade, ever since I became an MEP. The UK government has failed to make clear that religious freedom of thought must end at the point that it becomes unlawful discrimination against gay staff."
