Article: God, labor, and the law: the pursuit of religious equality in Northern Ireland's workforce.

I. INTRODUCTION

Religious sectarianism has permeated life in Northern Ireland for almost 400 years. Like racism and sexism, it creates barriers to achieving equal opportunity. During the last twenty-five years, many policies have been developed in an attempt to deal with these barriers and the societal divide between the minority Catholic community and the Protestant community.(1) The unresolved "national question" (whether Northern Ireland should remain part of the United Kingdom (Protestant Unionist view) or be incorporated into the Republic of Ireland (Catholic Nationalist view))(2) has perpetuated this division and ultimately undermined any action taken ...

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