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Opposition to Islam likely to be a protected belief under the Equality Act, says Employment Tribunal

An Employment Tribunal has refused to strike out a claim of a Christian electrician who says he was discriminated for his opposition to “the growing influence of Islam in Britain and other countries” and to “inclusivity and positive action in favour of non-Christian faiths, minority sexual orientations, and transgenderism”.

25 January 2022   Press Office

‘Equality and Diversity takes precedence over religion’ says NHS boss as chaplain ousted for same-sex marriage beliefs takes legal action

A Catholic chaplain and former professor of neurosciences is taking legal action against an NHS trust after he was ousted for answering a patient’s questions about the Church’s teaching on marriage.

12 March 2023   Press Office

DBS says it will take ‘no action’ against chaplain as extreme LGBT charity that led to sacking folds

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) has said "it would not be appropriate' to take action against an ordained Church of England (CofE) chaplain who was sacked and reported to a terrorist watchdog for a moderate sermon on identity politics.

23 January 2024   Press Office

Christian theologian sacked for tweet on human sexuality and threatened with Counter-Terrorism referral takes legal action

A Christian theology lecturer with five young children has launched legal action after being sacked and threatened with a Counter-Terrorism referral by a professedly evangelical Methodist Bible college for a tweet on human sexuality.

24 November 2023   Press Office

NHS provider faces legal action after withdrawing job offer and telling Christian social worker you must: ‘embrace and promote LGBTQ+ rights’

A social worker has taken legal action against a health care provider for the NHS after a job offer was withdrawn following the discovery that he held Christian beliefs on marriage and human sexuality.

9 July 2023   Press Office

LGBT activist and EU official reported ex-gay Christian to police for ‘conversion practices’, court in Malta hears

The trial of an ex-gay Maltese Christian charity worker who faces criminal charges for allegedly discussing and advertising ‘conversion practices’ has begun in Valetta, Malta.

9 June 2023   Press Office

Matthew Grech: First criminal trial for gay ‘conversion practices’ to take place in Malta

In a global first, this week a Maltese Christian charity worker is in court facing criminal charges for allegedly discussing and advertising ‘conversion practices.’

7 June 2023   Press Office

Teacher takes legal action over sacking for safeguarding concerns about 8-year-old’s ‘gender transition’

A Christian primary schoolteacher has lost her job and is facing a raft of investigations from various regulatory bodies for questioning the advice from Stonewall and Mermaids to encourage a ‘gender transition’ of an 8-year-old pupil without any medical evidence.

12 May 2023   Press Office

NHS Trust capitulates to its ex-chaplain in the legal battle over its statement that ‘Equality and Diversity takes precedence over religious belief’

A London NHS Trust has settled a discrimination case with a Catholic chaplain who was ousted for answering questions from a patient on a psychiatric ward about the Church’s teaching on marriage.

31 March 2023   Press Office

Political candidate sacked by housing employer for Christian beliefs on marriage takes legal action

A Christian mayoral candidate for a London borough has launched legal action after being sacked by her employer for expressing Christian beliefs on marriage as part of an election manifesto.

17 July 2022   Press Office

High profile LGBT activist removed from case for perception of bias

The President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal has removed an LGBT activist from hearing the case of a Christian who was dismissed by the school she worked for because of Facebook posts about transgenderism and sex education.

5 July 2022   Press Office

Kristie Higgs: Employment Tribunal to scrutinise role of anti-free speech LGBT activist in appeal case

In a high-profile case, Kristie Higgs, 45, supported by the Christian Legal Centre, was sacked for sharing two Facebook posts that raised concerns about how transgenderism and sex education was to be taught at her son’s Church of England primary school.

19 June 2022   Press Office

Christian therapist threatens legal action over conversion therapy memorandum after ‘de facto’ ban

A Christian therapist has threatened legal action against seven UK counselling and psychotherapy bodies challenging the legality of their support for the Memorandum of Understanding on Conversion Therapy (MoU).

27 January 2022   Press Office

NHS electrician launches legal action following ‘totalitarian’ investigation into his views on Islam and same-sex marriage

A Christian electrician has launched legal action against an NHS Trust after being forced out of his job for his beliefs on multi-culturalism, Islam, and same-sex marriage.

30 November 2021   Press Office

Christian nurse takes legal action after being ‘treated like a criminal’ for wearing cross necklace

A Christian nurse is challenging a London NHS Trust for anti-Christian discrimination after she was repeatedly bullied and pressurised to remove or cover up her cross necklace while on duty.

5 October 2021   Press Office

Welsh government admits LGBT action plan could lead to prosecution of religious leaders

The Welsh government has admitted that its plans to ban so-called ‘conversion therapy’ could lead to the prosecution of religious leaders.

3 September 2021   Press Office

Christian Magistrate taking legal action against NHS for dismissal over family views

A Christian who was dismissed as a magistrate by the Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice, after expressing his view that it was in a child’s best interests to be raised by a mother and a father, is taking legal action after being blocked from returning to his role as an NHS Trust director.

1 August 2017   Press Office

Core Issues Trust Statement on Proposed Restrictions on Therapy for Unwanted Same-Sex Attractions

Core Issues Trust provides a space for individuals to safely explore their sexual attraction fluidity issues. Clients have different goals, and as with any therapeutic process, outcomes vary. Some clients, seeking viable and meaningful relationships with the opposite sex, find the capacity for that.

2 July 2018   Press Office

Christian doctor to take trans pronoun case to Court of Appeal, following ‘muddled’ tribunal judgment

In a mixed judgment, the President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has today ruled that biblical beliefs that do not affirm transgenderism are protected under the Equality Act, while also ruling that Christians cannot express those beliefs in the workplace without fear of losing their jobs.

29 June 2022   Press Office

Felix Ngole: Panel member recused after evidence of pro-LGBTQI+ bias in Christian freedoms case

For the second time in a fortnight, a panel member presiding over a high-profile Christian freedoms case has been forced to recuse himself due to a ‘real possibility of bias.’

3 April 2024   Press Office

Tribunal to hear case of Christian social worker told to ‘embrace and promote LGBTQ+ rights’ or be unemployable

This week (April 2) a Leeds employment tribunal will hear the case of a Christian social worker who was given a choice by a Stonewall backed NHS provider to ‘embrace and promote LGBTQ+ rights’ or have a job offer withdrawn.

31 March 2024   Press Office

Kristie Higgs: Christian school assistant wins permission to take discrimination case to the Court of Appeal

A school assistant who was sacked and had her Christian beliefs compared to Neo-Nazism for opposing transgender ideology and sharing a petition against compulsory sex education on social media, has won permission to take her case to the Court of Appeal.

28 January 2024   Press Office

Teacher found guilty of ‘unacceptable professional conduct’ for sharing Christian beliefs in Church of England school

The Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) has ruled that a teacher was guilty of ‘unacceptable professional conduct’ for expressing and debating the Church of England’s (CofE) own teaching and Biblical position on human sexuality in a CofE school.

21 December 2023   Press Office

Christian teacher faces losing career for refusing to teach extreme LGBTQI lessons in Church of England school

A Christian teacher faces losing her career for refusing to promote and teach extreme LGBTQI ideology at a Church of England (CofE) secondary school and for expressing her biblical beliefs on human sexuality in response to student questions. 

9 October 2023   Press Office
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