The classifieds section of a swiss paper recently contained an ad for a company that was looking for a new employee. The ad stated that the job would only be given to a swiss national. The company was sternly reprimanded – and rightly so. Switzerland has some of the world’s highest ethical standards. Hence everyone in Switzerland is forbidden to discriminate against anyone based on race, religion, nationality, sex, marital status, or sexual preference.

Except the Swiss Churches. They regularly discriminate against people based on religion, sex, marital status and sexual preference. Legally. For example, a couple of weeks ago, the Roman Catholic Church of Switzerland legally fired a doctor because he re-married.

But that’s OK. After all, the Church is the paragon of Ethics. It says so. And everyone knows the Church can’t lie. It’s forbidden.

Like firing someone because he re-marries.