Sentences with phrase «perform civil partnership ceremonies»

Referring to the case of London Borough of Islington v Ladele [2009] EWCA Civ 1357, in which a registrar refused on religious grounds to perform civil partnership ceremonies, Lord Carey said the field of sexual ethics and Christian teaching was complex, and it was «regrettable» that senior members of the judiciary felt able to make disparaging comments and to use the «unbefitting» descriptive word, «discriminatory».

As regards the finding of indirect discrimination, the EAT accepted that the requirement for all registrars to perform civil partnership ceremonies placed persons of the claimant's religion at a particular disadvantage in comparison with other persons who do not share the same religion.

Subsequently, two other members of staff, one a Muslim and the other a Christian, similarly objected to performing civil partnership ceremonies: by way of compromise the council offered to limit their involvement to registration duties.