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A self-inflicted wound: Ofsted, the Equality Act and Cornerstone

The Christian Legal Centre’s Roger Kiska comments on the case of the Cornerstone Adoption and Fostering Service. On 6 and 7 of May, the High Court is set to hear a judicial review by Cornerstone Adoption and Fostering Service against an unfavourable Ofsted report claiming that Cornerstone discriminates against same-sex individuals and non-Christians by operating ...

6 May 2020   Articles

Fact check: The Church of England’s response to the Cass Review

Christian Concern’s Ben John exposes the Church of England’s disingenuous response to the landmark Cass Review The Church of England have welcomed the final publication of the landmark Cass Review. The short statement says: “We agree with Dr Cass’s conclusions that, as far as any form of social transitioning is concerned, a very cautious approach ...

18 April 2024   Articles

Scottish conversion practices ban likely to be found discriminatory

Roger Kiska, Legal Counsel to the Christian Legal Centre, has provided expert legal opinion on the Scottish conversion practices debate. He concludes: “Ultimately, any ban on counselling, or any broader behaviour caught up by the proposed legislation, which disproportionally and/or intentionally affects those seeking to move away from same-sex attraction or align their perceived feelings ...

2 April 2024   Articles

Scottish ‘conversion practices’ ban unnecessary and unlawful

The Scottish Government’s consultation on ‘Ending Conversion Practices in Scotland’ closes early next week. Christian Concern has written and submitted a response, which you can download by clicking the button below. The government proposes to bring in a new law banning so-called ‘conversion practices’ which will make it a criminal offence to engage in certain types ...

27 March 2024   Articles

Scottish Conversion Practices Consultation

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on ‘Ending Conversion Practices in Scotland’. This is an important consultation for people to respond to as if the proposals become law they will affect the climate throughout the UK. You do not have to live in Scotland to respond to the consultation. The government proposes to bring ...

28 February 2024   Articles

Theologian launches legal action after unfair dismissal from lecturing role

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. In March 2023, Dr Aaron Edwards, 37, who is being supported by the Christian Legal Centre, was sacked for alleged misconduct ...

24 November 2023   Articles

New equalities guidance helps schools resist trans activists

Head of Education Steve Beegoo explains recent changes to equalities guidance for schools The Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has scrapped parts of its guidance on transgenderism in schools. Activist LGBT groups that poison children with trans ideology had been relying on these aspects of the previous guidance to promote their ideas in schools. ...

28 September 2023   Articles

Is Matthew Grech receiving a fair trial for ‘advertising conversion practices’?

Dr Carys Moseley writes on the trial of Matthew Grech, who is being prosecuted for advertising ‘conversion therapy’ At the beginning of June, I attended the second hearing of the trial of Matthew Grech in Malta, accused of advertising conversion therapy on television. This is a very important case which has international significance for Christian ...

23 June 2023   Articles

EU official reported ex-gay Christian for ‘conversion practices’

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. In a case, believed to be the first of its kind anywhere, Matthew Grech, 33, and the presenters of a local free speech media outlet, PMnews, potentially face five months in ...

9 June 2023   Articles

Christian doctor ‘fit to practise’ after trans pronoun self-referral

A Christian doctor sacked by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for refusing to use hypothetical transgender pronouns has been vindicated by the General Medical Council (GMC) following a fitness to practise self-referral. Dr David Mackereth, 60, had been an practising doctor for 26 years when he lost his job with the DWP. He ...

8 June 2023   Articles

How parents’ challenge impacted government policy

Rebekah Moffett, Christian Concern’s Communications Officer, outlines how evidence in the case of Nigel and Sally Rowe led to a change in government policy on transgenderism in schools, making clear how schools and parents should respond. The case of Nigel and Sally Rowe first appeared in the media five years ago, in 2017, after a ...

27 September 2022   Articles

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. Edward Lord had originally been appointed as the lay member of the panel to hear the appeal of ...

5 July 2022   Articles

Trans pronoun ruling protects Christian beliefs on paper – but not in practice

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. Mrs Justice Eady handed down judgment in the ...

29 June 2022   Articles

Tribunal to scrutinise role of anti-free speech LGBT activist in Kristie’s case

In a high-profile case, Kristie Higgs, 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. Her case is due to be heard by a three-member Employment Appeal Tribunal. However, at ...

20 June 2022   Articles

Respond to Welsh govt LGBTQ+ action plan

The Welsh Government is currently consulting on its draft LGBTQ+ Action Plan. Some of the proposed policies are very concerning, including the proposal to ban ‘LGBT conversion therapy’ in Wales for both adults and children. The closing date for this consultation is 22 October. We’ve provided a guide below for each of the questions, explaining ...

6 October 2021   Articles

US Supreme Court stuns with activist ruling on anti-discrimination

The Christian Legal Centre’s Roger Kiska comments on the US Supreme Court’s recent ruling on sexual orientation and transgenderism. On 15 June, the United States Supreme Court stunned many by delivering a landmark anti-discrimination ruling in the case of Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, literally legislating into Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of ...

22 June 2020   Articles

Responding to the Scottish Government’s Gender Recognition Act consultation

Carys Moseley gives a breakdown of how to respond to the Scottish Government’s consultation on reforming the Gender Recognition Act. The Scottish Government is currently consulting again on proposals to amend the Gender Recognition Act in Scotland. It has published a draft Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, which is printed within the consultation along with ...

13 March 2020   Articles

The equality juggernaut: the vilification and criminalisation of dissent

Roger Kiska comments on various cases both in the UK and USA that show that fundamental rights are being eroded in the name of ‘equality’. It is getting more and more difficult to deny the strong political motives behind the increasingly aggressive equality agenda. Fundamental rights such as freedom of expression, freedom of religion and ...

30 October 2019   Articles

NSPCC cuts ties with transgender activist

Days after Childline announced Munroe Bergdorf as their “first LGBT+ campaigner”, the transgender activist has been dropped amid safeguarding concerns. Bergdorf, who was born male and has undergone extensive treatment and surgery to appear female, argued the NSPCC was “bowing down to pressure from a transphobic lobby.” However, the NSPCC, which runs Childline, posted a ...

13 June 2019   Articles

Council of Europe calls on UK to act on Sharia law

Tim Dieppe discusses a hard-hitting resolution passed by Council of Europe which calls on the UK to take six specific actions in relation to the influence of Sharia law. The Council of Europe passed a resolution about the operation of Sharia law amongst its members this week. The 47-nation Council of Europe oversees the European ...

25 January 2019   Articles

X Factor Malta silences ex-gay singer’s Christian testimony

Carys Moseley comments on the silencing of one X Factor Malta’s testimony of leaving homosexuality. This week a young Christian ex-gay man called Matthew Grech auditioned on the singing contest X Factor Malta in an a cappella group, singing a version of the chorus of ‘Where Is the Love’ by Black Eyed Peas. What happened ...

26 October 2018   Articles

Ten reasons not to restrict same-sex attraction therapy

There is an international movement aimed at banning and criminalising therapy and counselling for unwanted same-sex attraction and gender identities. The government of the United Kingdom has announced that they are proposing such a ban. Carys Moseley explains ten reasons why this would violate human rights. Restrictions would violate the European Convention on Human Rights There ...

3 July 2018   Articles

Legal judgments do not necessarily reflect all the facts

Andrea Williams responds to some criticism that recently appeared on Facebook, relating to one of our legal cases (Barry Trayhorn). Background: Andrea’s recent article explaining the case of Barry Trayhorn, who was forced to resign from his job at HMP Littlehey Dear Peter, Forgive me for not responding to your post immediately. I was involved ...

25 August 2017   Articles

Hate crime: is it worse in Scotland than in England and Wales?

Roger Kiska, Legal Counsel to the Christian Legal Centre, analyses how Scotland’s new hate crime law compares to the law in England and Wales In 2021, the Scottish Parliament passed the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 which, largely because of concerns relating to the bill and the introduction of new amendments, did ...

25 April 2024   Articles
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