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Judge: Firing teacher who called homosexuality a sin reflects ‘modern British values of tolerance’

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In 2010, high school science teacher Robert Haye was dismissed from his position at Deptford Green School after he responded to questions from high school students aged 15-16 by saying that homosexual activity is a “sin." Teaching authorities subsequently banned him “indefinitely” from teaching at any high school in the country, a ban that was later endorsed by Education Secretary Michael Gove . Robert Haye faces discrimination in the UK . A London High Court rejected Haye’s appeal, saying that his comments were “inappropriate” and that he was guilty of unacceptable professional conduct, the campaign group Christian Concern reported, noting that this is the first case of its kind. Haye, a Seventh Day Adventist , also reportedly told students that it those Christians who worship on Sundays are “basically worshipping the devil." Haye cannot apply to return to the classroom for two years. In his judgment, Mr. Justice King said that teachers must present posi

Clergy, legal experts not buying ‘protections’ for churches in UK gay ‘marriage’ law

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LONDON , January 30, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Promises of “safeguards” for churches in the UK’s proposed gay “marriage” law are empty and unenforceable, given the UK’s Equalities law and connections to the European Union , according to a top legal expert. According to Aidan O’Neill QC, wording in the bill, scheduled to go to the vote on February 5 th , that he government claims makes it illegal for the Church of England and Church in Wales (Anglican) to conduct same-sex “weddings” is “eminently challenge-able”. O’Neill has told the government that the wording is in fact illegal, and will be overturned straight out of the gate. Aiden O'Neill The comments come in response to a blog post by Maria Milller, the Culture Minister who introduced the bill on Friday, in which she said, “I have always been crystal clear that I simply will not introduce any new law that does not provide protection for all religious organisations and individual ministers of religion. “Our Bill

Catholic schools must give ‘balanced perspective’ on gay ‘marriage’: Welsh education minister

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An  anti-Christian  lobby group is cheering the  Welsh government  this week, after the education minister threatened  Catholic Schools  for having asked students to oppose the government’s gay “marriage” plans. Catholic schools in Wales have been instructed in  a letter  from Welsh education minister  Leighton Andrews  to ensure that on the subject of same-sex “marriage,” students are “made aware of the converse view in order to give them a balanced perspective.” Education Minister Leighton Andrews At issue is a letter sent by the Catholic Education Society ( CES ) to 385 secondary schools in  England and Wales  alerting students to a letter from bishops opposing the  redefinition of marriage  to include homosexual partnerings. Students and staff were asked to consider signing a petition being circulated by the Coalition for Marriage, to maintain the traditional definition in the law. The bishops’ letter was read publicly from the pulpits of Catholic churches throu

Stop Catholic schools from distributing ‘homophobic’ literature: leader of UK’s largest union

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LONDON, February 27, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – The government is allowing “homophobia” to be promoted in religious schools, in the form of a booklet distributed to students at some Catholic schools in Lancashire, says the UK ’s largest trades union. In a letter to Education Secretary Michael Gove in December, Brendan Barber , head of the powerful Trades Union Congress , (TUC), wrote, “Schools now have a legal duty to challenge all forms of prejudice. Such literature undermines this completely.” At issue is the booklet titled, “Pure Manhood: How to become the man God wants you to be,” by American chastity speaker Jason Evert. It says that “homosexual attractions” may “stem from an unhealthy relationship” with a man’s father, “an inability to relate to other guys, or even sexual abuse.” Reiterating the Catechism of the Catholic Church , the booklet went on to say, “The homosexual act is disordered, much like contraceptive sex between heterosexuals. Both acts are directed against God