IMPORTANT LEGAL LOOPHOLE OPENED IN BELGIUM RE: DFing

by Dogpatch 23 Replies latest jw friends

  • skeeter1
    skeeter1

    Sorry, I misread the thread. I did not see the word "non" when I read it last night (riday night, worked all week, blah, blah, blah, human error, please forgive me). But, the good news is that it looks like if the Belgium ex-JW can prove discrimination......then there is perhaps a case. That's a small "yes" in our favor, and much better than a "HELL NO" as we say in the house.

    The Court of Appeal of Liege has now made its judgement public. It once more decided on a non suit of Jacques’ request by estimating that it was up to him to prove discrimination but for the first time, in its considerations, the Court of Appeal of Liege considered that the instructions with regard to excluded members and followers who wish to leave the community constitute a discrimination.

    Skeeter

  • Narkissos
    Narkissos

    Actually the Belgian newspaper article has:

    la cour d'appel de Liège considère que les consignes à l'égard des exclus et des adeptes qui souhaitent quitter la communauté sont susceptibles de constituer (may constitute) une discrimination.

    Which is already a simplification of what the court actually says, i.e. that the instructions may cause or contribute to discrimination (as in the hypothetical example of the JW boss firing a df'd worker: the boss' interpretation of the WT instructions, as well as the instructions themselves, might be considered as the cause for discrimination).

  • skeeter1
    skeeter1

    Gee, I wish we all spoke the same language. Why did Jehovah twist the tongues? Translations make communicating that much harder.

  • DannyHaszard
    DannyHaszard

    http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/108672/1.ashx elder lying in court video on shunning policy

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