I hate it when the government tries to control what people spend their money on, even when what they’re spending it on is employees for their company. So you can be sure I have plenty to say about new anti-discrimination laws recently introduced. Much of it, though, is already said for me by cleverer people than me. However, one aspect really niggles:
From 1 December it will be unlawful to discriminate against workers because of their sexual orientation, whether they are bisexual, lesbian, gay or heterosexual.
Religious organisations are exempted from these new rules.
[From 2 December it will also be unlawful to discriminate on the grounds of religion, religious belief or similar philosophical belief.]
So these new laws say you have to be tolerant of gay people and religion, including those religions that promote intolerance of gay people. The doublethink involved here is almost beyond belief. Isn’t it a good job we have the government to tell us how to think?