Abuse of faith
To be indulged in refusing even to facilitate the buying of Champagne by someone else is gross religious privilege and a dangerous precedent. This was in a harmless retail context, but how might comparable claims to religious “conscience” play out for a doctor or an ambulance driver?
No-one forced this woman to take the job in M&S. Her religious freedom should not allow her to demand changes to the job description.
Neil Barber
Edinburgh Secular Society
Saughtonhall Drive