A couple have taken legal action after claiming motion sensors installed at their holiday flat in Dorset breached their rights as Orthodox Jews.
Gordon and Dena Coleman said they cannot leave or enter their Bournemouth flat on the Sabbath because the hallway sensors automatically switch on lights.
The couple's religious code bans lights and other electrical equipment being switched on during Jewish holidays.
Light sensors cause religious row
Light sensors cause religious row
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So they're putting all those poor Sabbath goys out of work? :pissed: 

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Why did I know without even clicking on the thread that this had to involve Ultra-Orthodox Jews? 

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Geoff wrote:The couple's religious code bans lights and other electrical equipment being switched on during Jewish holidays.






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Wonder if battery powered "equipment" is included...?Thinking Aloud wrote:Geoff wrote:The couple's religious code bans lights and other electrical equipment being switched on during Jewish holidays.![]()
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Where's Basil Fawlty when we need him? He'd have sorted these clowns out. 

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The ladies turn them on and stick them in before sundown on Friday.Geoff wrote:Wonder if battery powered "equipment" is included...?Thinking Aloud wrote:Geoff wrote:The couple's religious code bans lights and other electrical equipment being switched on during Jewish holidays.![]()
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