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Follow their immediate comments a couple days ago, 7th Day Adventists are now demanding that Commissioner of Police Hardley Lewin withdraw his recent comment that police personnel who believed their jobs conflicted with their religion should resign.

In a statement issued to the press this weekend, the 7th Day Adventist Church said Admiral Lewin’s comments amounted to intolerance of religious rights and called on Minister of National Security Senator Dwight Nelson to repudiate the comments that were made by the commissioner.

The church stressed that it was opposed to any law, policy or practice that would discriminate against people on the basis of their religious beliefs. It further stated that the right to religious freedom was a right granted to everyone under the Jamaican Constitution and, therefore, they should not be discriminated against.

It said it was a shame that the commissioner, who was sworn to protect the life of the Jamaican people, should display such high a level of intolerance for others.

“We are expecting him to publicly withdraw the statement he made, and commit himself to protecting the rights of the men and women under his charge. People’s rights must be respected and protected at the workplace and in pursuit of their educational goals,” the Seventh Day Adventist Church said in the statement.

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