Thursday, February 2, 2012

Student Union

away from the call of Jesus and Mo cartoon to withdraw from the Facebook page of the company

A college atheist society that triggered a global debate on the publication of a caricature of Jesus and Muhammad on a website has been declared a victory for freedom of speech after left the Student Union requirement that the cartoons were removed.

The University College London, atheist, humanist, secular society was supported by high level of secularism, Richard Dawkins, after rejecting the request of the student union to remove a picture to share Jesus and Muhammad a pint of advertising on Facebook social event.

A spokesman for the association of students of the University College London said the request to remove the cartoons remained in place, but decisions on advertising for events in the discretion of each company. "The presidents of the Society to take responsibility for their own advertising, and is not considered by UCLU prior to distribution," the union said. "They provide training on equality before starting a business, to help them understand the balance between freedom of expression and cultural sensitivity."

But the godless society made the decision as a failure and thanked the thousands of lay people who have signed a petition in support.

In a statement posted on his Facebook page, company president, Robbie Yellon said: "University College London Union acknowledged that mistakes were made and the initial correspondence with our company the union was flawed is reviewed.'s position on these issues and said it does not happen again. They can not look to us to delete the image. We welcome this development, which sets an important precedent for other universities. We also believe to be recognized the rapid response of the Union, which certainly helped to reach this successful conclusion. "

A spokesman said the company atheist student union had agreed to show more consideration of how social events are announced, but the accession process of the company could still countervailable disciplinary.

"If people continue to complain then we will follow the normal procedure," said James Skuse, democracy of the Union and responsible for communication.

Thursday morning the petition had about 3,000 signatures, including that of Richard Dawkins, who left a comment saying. "Jesus and the cartoons are wonderfully funny Mo and some that might offend those who are actively seeking to offend - that says it all." He also received the support of the Society British Humanist Association National Secular, the National Federation of Atheist, Humanist and secular student societies and New Humanist magazine. The company said it was surprised by the "endless support."

Student Union said that "the duty to promote and encourage freedom of expression among our members to ensure the diversity of our membership is recognized and pursue equal opportunities for our members. "

The company was asked to remove his post "because UCLU aims to promote good relations between different groups of students and create a safe environment where all students can benefit of society, regardless of their religious or other beliefs. "
The union had a duty to ensure that students are not harassed by the characteristics of what can make them look different from others, including race, sex, religion, nationality or sexual orientation.


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