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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

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

‘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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

5 July 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.

5 July 2022   Press Office

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
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