Christian nurse removed from frontline duty for wearing cross necklace Read more: ht

I'll bet the recruiter did not tell her that, though.

Mrs Chaplin, 54, from Exeter, said: 'For about 30 years I have worked in the NHS...

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'This policy was adopted after it was reviewed about 18 months ago with staff and union representatives.

are male nurses allowed to wear studs?

Hmm, another consideration of this case as she did not say that she had been warned prior nor recieved a resprimmand, is that she was due to retire in 8 months! Hello, hospitals are not only not hiring but like the last recession when the banks eliminated those that had more seniority in order to save on pensions, this may have been part of the decision. Just because we are nurses, does not mean that it couldn't happen to us especially in this economy.

I'm not quite sure where you live in the US but I've never run into any Christians like that in my experience. I've seen plenty of groups complain discrimination when they don't get things their way. People will try and reach for it whether for race, culture, religion, etc., but it bothers me because that takes away from the times when there truly is discrimination (and I know it does happen).

"All men are created equal" is a line written in the Declaration of Independence.

A document authored by a certain Thomas Jefferson, a Unitarian deist who edited his own bible by removing all the supernatural and mythological aspects out of the gospels.

So, if nurses cannot wear necklaces .... why do doctors and nurses constantly walk around with stethoscopes draped around their necks???!!!!

Those pieces of equipment - hanging around a neck - can just as easily be used as a weapon.

Six of one. Half a dozen of the other I would think.