Screens 'separating disabled worshippers' at Sikh temple to be removed in landmark deal

[singhbj singh]

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2017/02/20/disabled-worshippers-welcome-deal-as-segregating-screens-to-be-removed-from-sikh-temple/

[jkvlondon]

This committee needs to be put out on its ear , WTH does it mean by  segregating the langar hall and darbar using boards ...

[Singh559]

Committee members...Modern masands.

[jkvlondon]

8 hours ago, Singh559 said:

Committee members...Modern masands.

Thing is this kind of BS is being used by our detractors to say see sikhs are hypocrites ...and it also has opened the door to greater outside interference 

[genie]

Its pretty shameful how they thought they could get away with that scheme which is clearly anti-sikh to stop disabled and elderly people being treated equally to "sit" in the congregation.

I wonder what their rational was for introducing such nonsense in the first place.

[jkvlondon]

57 minutes ago, genie said:

Its pretty shameful how they thought they could get away with that scheme which is clearly anti-sikh to stop disabled and elderly people being treated equally to "sit" in the congregation.

I wonder what their rational was for introducing such nonsense in the first place.

just flexing their non-sikh muscle and seeing if sikhs will put a stop to their kaley kartoots, every anti-sikh committee does this look at leamington and the marriage thing

[simran345]

I have no idea why the screen was put up and it is shameful and discriminatory to put it up in the first place. I went to this Gurdwara when I had some mobility issues and realised there wasn't a lift to the main hall. I wondered how would people with disabilities get in that hall. There was also a lot going on when some youth ripped out the seating they had outside Darbar Sahib and I'm not sure what's going on there, but seems an issue has occurred with two committes or something. It was on their fb page, but I think things have been sorted out now. 

Some say the screen was put up by the very people that wanted it taking down, others say something else, it's confusing as to why it was put up in the first place. Atfer coming back from my visit, I did comment to them that more disable access was needed. But was unable to follow it, due to my health deteriorating. 

But in terms of Sikhi parchar, that Gurdwara is very good and the rest of the Gurdwara does have good disabled access including the toilets. Another hall has a lift, it's just the main bigger Darbar Sahib that didn't have disabled access and the screen too. 

 It's a shame it's come to this stage, gives them a negative view. 

Apparently they have to get the work done within a time limit, so hopefully something positive will come of it. 

Here's the released statement. 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1129141090544647&id=697615687030525&__tn__=*s

 

and this is the other side's updates:

https://m.facebook.com/Sikh-Forum-Wolverhampton-1426478187629183/?locale2=en_GB

Its difficult to tell what the issue was, as I don't have inside knowledge of it.