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UK school chaplain sues after being fired, reported as terrorist for sermon questioning LGBTQ activists

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  'Woke activists are eating away at the Church of England's guts,' said Rev. Dr. Bernard Randall, who is alleging religious discrimination Reverend Dr. Bernard Randall delivered a sermon in the school chapel at Trent College near Nottingham in 2019 Ex-Cambridge college chaplain defended pupils' right to question school's introduction of new LGBT policies  Following the sermon, Dr. Randall was flagged to Prevent, which normally identifies those at risk of radicalization Police investigated the tip-off but advised the school that he posed ‘no counter-terrorism risk or risk of radicalization’ A school chaplain in the United Kingdom is taking legal action against his former employer after he says he was fired because of a 2019 sermon that told students they are entitled to make up their own minds about the claims of LGBTQ identity politics. "I gave a sermon in chapel saying you don't have to accept anybody's ideology, you make up your own mind," said

Navy chaplain gets job back after being fired over Christian beliefs on sexuality

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Insignia of the United States Navy Chaplain Corps. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) A Navy chaplain who got his job back in September says he's glad to be cleared of charges -- but that dark days are ahead for Christians. “The days of going to Church on Sunday and going throughout the week and not ever having anyone talk to you, I think, [are] gone,” Lieutenant Commander Wesley Modder told   The Daily Signal. “We live in a very secular society, very postmodern. And people want to know what you believe. Even at the risk of being maybe attacked.” Modder's case became a cause célèbre for social conservatives after this Naval Chaplain  was relieved of his duties for offering pastoral guidance on sexuality,   especially same-sex relationships . Complaints against Modder came from several service members, including an assistant that the chaplain says was not only new to the office, but regularly asked Modder about homosexual relationships . The five-page complaint against Mod

US Senate provision allows military chaplains to opt out of same sex ‘marriages’

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WASHINGTON, DC , December 12, 2011 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - A provision added to the Senate defense authorization bill would give military chaplains the right to opt out of performing same sex “marriages.” The amendment was introduced last month by Republican Senator Roger Wicker and approved by a unanimous voice vote. The measure was introduced by Senator Roger Wicker “Protections for military chaplains should be guaranteed in any policy changes being implemented,” Wicker said, alluding to widespread fears that the conscience rights of military chaplains would be trampled in the wake of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal. A September memorandum from the Pentagon authorizing military chaplains to officiate at same-sex “weddings” despite the fact that federal law prohibits recognition of same-sex “marriages” had further heightened such fears. Dr. Ron Crews, Executive Director of the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty, praised Wicker’s amendment in a recent statement. “Chaplains sho