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Light sensors cause religious row

Post by Geoff » Sat Jun 20, 2009 10:58 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/8103581.stm
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.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:01 pm

So they're putting all those poor Sabbath goys out of work? :pissed: :nono:
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Post by klr » Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:12 pm

Why did I know without even clicking on the thread that this had to involve Ultra-Orthodox Jews? :roll:
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Post by Thinking Aloud » Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:14 pm

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The couple's religious code bans lights and other electrical equipment being switched on during Jewish holidays.
:lol: :hehe: :roflol: :ddpan: :( :cry:
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Post by Geoff » Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:23 pm

Thinking Aloud wrote:
Geoff wrote:
The couple's religious code bans lights and other electrical equipment being switched on during Jewish holidays.
:lol: :hehe: :roflol: :ddpan: :( :cry:
Wonder if battery powered "equipment" is included...?
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Post by klr » Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:24 pm

Where's Basil Fawlty when we need him? He'd have sorted these clowns out. :lol:
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Re: Light sensors cause religious row

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:24 pm

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