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| Worker suspended over Jesus image, after complaints from Moderate Muslim |
| 2007-10-10 |
| A Catholic worker at Manchester Airport was suspended after hanging an image of Jesus on a staff room wall. Gareth Langmead, 40, was sent home from his job as a car parks supervisor after a complaint from a Muslim colleague. He was off work for three days while an investigation was carried out and later reinstated with a clean record. Union officials accused the airport of overreacting and said Mr Langmead was upset by the incident, but the airport said he had not complained. The airport worker, from Atherton, Greater Manchester, found the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus as he was clearing out a desk drawer. As he felt unable to throw it away, Mr Langmead hung it on a wall in the staff rest room, prompting a complaint it had been put up as "an act of provocation". Airport bosses investigated the claim but reached the decision that he had done nothing wrong. Manchester Airport spokesman A spokesman said: "We can confirm that a member of staff was suspended pending an investigation into his conduct. "This investigation was swiftly concluded and the employee has returned to work with a clean record. "Given the nature of this incident, we have agreed with our airport Chaplain that he and his team will work with the employees involved to foster a greater level of Understanding™ about each other's beliefs and how this applies in the workplace." News of the suspension emerged a week after Hindu Heathrow Airport worker Amrit Lalji, who lost her job for wearing a nose stud, was reinstated. Last year, Heathrow worker Nadia Eweida was suspended by British Airways for wearing a Christian cross but later reinstated following condemnation by clerics and politicians. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #11 I am personally offended by anyone wearing a used diaper on their head. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-10-10 18:06 |
| #10 It is becomjing the religion of the permanently pissed off and outraged. If we intend to survive, it will be us who are pissed off and outraged by Islam. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-10-10 14:03 |
| #9 Just tell Mr. Muslim the he can put up a pic of Mohammed... Instant Snark 'O The Day™ gold medal winner in all categories. A perfect 10. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-10-10 14:00 |
| #8 The religion wears a sign on its collective back that says kick me. Their outrage about everything invites cartoons, pissing in footbaths, and defiling mohammed and the koran. It is becomjing the religion of the permanently pissed off and outraged. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-10-10 13:53 |
| #7 No wonder the left love I-slam. It's a religion especially for offence taking narcissists. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2007-10-10 13:34 |
| #6 Broadhead6: 1 day to decide to do an investigation. 1 day to get the committee together. On the third day, five minutes to decide to throw out the case. |
| Posted by: Rambler 2007-10-10 13:33 |
| #5 in the big picture TW you're spot on. I still like how it took them 3 days to investigate. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2007-10-10 13:28 |
| #4 This is just silly. Management should've given the Catholic gentleman the choice of taking the image home or having it thrown out. One simply doesn't post one's own religious symbols in public spaces, any more than one hangs one's two-year old's latest scribblings. Not that the two are equivalent, but both impose on others what should be private. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-10-10 13:16 |
| #3 He was off work for three days while an investigation was carried out and later reinstated with a clean record. --sounds like a good scam. Hope he got suspended w/pay by the idiots at the airport and chuckled to himself while enjoying a few pints at the pub. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2007-10-10 13:16 |
| #2 Easy enough fix. Just tell Mr. Muslim the he can put up a pic of Mohammed... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-10-10 13:04 |
| #1 This is bizarre considering that England is officially Christian. |
| Posted by: Spot 2007-10-10 13:01 |