Council ban on atheist websites
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7530519.stm

A city council has blocked its staff from looking at websites about atheism.

Lawyers at the National Secular Society said the move by Birmingham City Council was "discriminatory" and they would consider legal action.

The rules also ban sites that promote witchcraft, the paranormal, sexual deviancy and criminal activity. (Click here to read rest of article)

Well if they are at work maybe they should be doing something besides surfing the net anyway.  Some thing like..oh I don't know, maybe working?  So long as the boss in this case the city, doesn't tell them what they can look at at home I don't see a problem.

I agree that they shouldn't be surfing the net, but I still say its blatant discrimination, unless they are banned from looking at websites about ANY religion, not just atheism and witchcraft - which would mostly prevent looking at pagan websites (and would eliminate most, if not all pagan websites). Obviously someone is trying to promote their own religious beliefs.

Maybe they think that only witches and atheists surf the web during work time.

Well, you know, the computer IS a tool of the devil, so anyone who uses it...

 lol