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By Jennifer Emick, About.com Guide to Alternative Religions since 2002

British Airways Backpedals

Wednesday November 29, 2006
Even after prevailing in court against an employee who sued for the right to display Christian jewelry, British Airways is facing such a storm of public animosity over the issue that it has agreed to "rethink" their unevenly applied ban on religious symbolism. Among the complaints were those of prominent politicians and clergy, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, who threatened to divest the Church of its stock in the company. The ban currently applies to religious jewelry such as crosses, but not to headcoverings or other symbolic clothing, meaning that Sikhs or Muslims are largely unaffected, but Christians, Pagans, and others who wish to express religious affiliation through jewelry are not allowed.

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