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No immediate plans to protect women, Minister confirms

The government has confirmed there are no immediate plans to amend the equality law to protect children, women’s sports and single-sex spaces. The Minister for Women’s Health, Maria Caulfield, revealed that amendments to the Equality Act 2010 are being considered but warned that it would “take time” before any final decision was made. “What we ...

14 June 2023 Articles

Dr David Mackereth

David lost his job as an assessor for the Department for Work and Pensions after saying he wouldn't use transgender pronouns.

8 June 2023 Cases

Christian doctor vindicated by medical council over trans pronouns now takes case to Europe

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.

8 June 2023 Press Office

Teacher challenges sacking for trans 8-year-old safeguarding concerns

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. The child, who cannot be identified for legal reasons and is known only as ‘Child ...

12 May 2023 Articles

Parents to appeal in 4-year-old forced Pride parade case

Christian parents Izzy and Shane Montague are to appeal their case after the Central London County Court dismissed their claim against their child’s former school, Heavers Farm, for attempting to force him to participate in an LGBT themed Pride Parade. Supported by the Christian Legal Centre, the parents brought the claim after a series of events ...

26 April 2023 Articles

Christian family to appeal judgment over forced participation of 4-year-old at school Pride Parade

The Central London County Court has handed down its ruling dismissing a Christian family’s claim against their child’s former school, Heavers Farm, for attempting to force him in participating in an LGBT themed Pride Parade.

26 April 2023 Press Office

Why the EHRC won’t help the government define sex as biological

Public Policy Researcher Carys Moseley on how the EHRC is compromised on sex and gender recognition Baroness Falkner, the chief executive of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, recently wrote in the Times about the need for a biological definition of sex in law. The EHRC revealed that the Minister for Women and Equalities Kemi ...

17 April 2023 Articles

NHS trust agrees religious belief ‘afforded same rights’ as ‘diversity’

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. In a letter written in response to the patients’ subsequent nebulous complaint, the Acting Chief Executive of South West London and St George’s ...

31 March 2023 Articles

Diversity takes precedence over religion?

The Christian Legal Centre’s Roger Kiska explains why ‘diversity’ can never ‘take precedence’ over religion, as Rev. Dr Patrick Pullicino was told. “Diversity takes precedence over religion.” This is the rather remarkable statement made by an NHS Trust to Rev. Dr Patrick Pullicino, a Catholic Chaplain and former professor of neurosciences. The Rev. Dr acted ...

28 March 2023 Articles

Evangelical Bible college fires lecturer over tweets on sexuality

A Christian theology lecturer with five young children has been sacked and threatened with a counter-terrorism referral by a Methodist Bible college for a tweet on human sexuality that went viral. Dr Aaron Edwards, 37, who is being supported by the Christian Legal Centre, was last week sacked for misconduct by Cliff College in Derbyshire for allegedly “bringing ...

20 March 2023 Articles

Christian theologian sacked for tweet on human sexuality threatened with Counter-Terrorism referral

A Christian theology lecturer with five young children has been sacked and threatened with a Counter-Terrorism referral by a Methodist bible college for a tweet on human sexuality that went viral.

18 March 2023 Press Office

School assistant sacked for sharing RSE concerns to appeal ruling

This week, the Employment Appeal Tribunal will hear the appeal of a Christian teaching assistant who was sacked for sharing two Facebook posts that raised concerns about how transgenderism and compulsory sex education was to be taught at her son’s Church of England (CofE) primary school. In 2019, during a six-hour interrogation by her bosses at ...

14 March 2023 Articles

Kristie Higgs: Employment tribunal to hear appeal of Christian teaching assistant sacked for sharing petition against compulsory sex education

This week, an Employment Tribunal will hear the appeal of a Christian teaching assistant who was sacked for sharing two Facebook posts that raised concerns about how transgenderism and compulsory sex education was to be taught at her son’s Church of England (CofE) primary school.

14 March 2023 Press Office

‘Diversity takes precedence over religion,’ says NHS boss

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. In a letter written in response to the patients’ subsequent complaint, the Acting Chief Executive of South West London and St George’s Mental Health ...

13 March 2023 Articles

Chaplain sacked for identity politics sermon to appeal ruling

An ordained Church of England (CofE) chaplain, who was sacked and secretly reported to the government’s terrorist watchdog for a moderate sermon in a school chapel on identity politics, will appeal an employment tribunal ruling handed down this week. Supported by the Christian Legal Centre, Rev. Dr Bernard Randall had taken his employer, Trent College in Nottingham, ...

27 February 2023 Articles

Sacked chaplain reported to terrorist watchdog for identity politics sermon to appeal tribunal ruling

26 February 2023 Press Office

Role of Church of England bishop in blacklisting ‘terrorist’ chaplain to be scrutinised by tribunal

An employment tribunal is scrutinising the role of a bishop in blacklisting a chaplain from officiating in the Church of England after he was wrongly reported as a potential ‘terrorist’ and hounded out of employment at a school for giving a sermon on identity politics.

23 February 2023 Press Office

Tribunal to scrutinise bishop over blacklisting chaplain as ‘terrorist’

An employment tribunal is scrutinising the role of a bishop in blacklisting a chaplain from officiating in the Church of England (CofE) after he was wrongly reported as a potential ‘terrorist’ and hounded out of employment at a school for giving a sermon on identity politics. ‘Unemployable’ as a priest From 23 to 24 February, East ...

23 February 2023 Articles

Legal advice for Independent Schools on LGBT teaching

In a new online resource, Christian Concern’s Education Department and the Christian Legal Centre lay out how Christian independent schools and teachers can best follow government guidelines relating to LGBT teaching while still respecting their religious ethos. A new resource has been created by the Christian Concern Education Department and the Christian Legal Centre for ...

9 February 2023 Articles

Why the government won’t define sex in law

Carys Moseley comments on the government’s recent response to a petition calling for sex to be defined in law. The UK government has refused to define sex as biological when asked by a Parliamentary petition to do so. This is a very serious matter as it suggests the government has no serious intention of tackling ...

7 February 2023 Articles

What to do if your child’s school is celebrating LGBT History Month

Education Team Assistant, Emily Bourne, explains what you can do as a parent if you are concerned that your child’s school will be celebrating LGBT History Month over the coming weeks. It is widely known that in June every year, many institutions, including schools, celebrate Pride. Around that time, we usually get an increase of ...

1 February 2023 Articles

Mother to challenge school that forced 4-year-old to take part in Pride event

A Christian mother whose four-year-old son was required to take part in a school’s LGBT pride parade against her will is to have her legal case heard in court this week. Izzy Montague made national headlines after being aggressively told by the headteacher of Heaver’s Farm Primary School in Croydon, South London, that her son ...

30 January 2023 Articles

Mother whose four-year-old compelled to take part in LGBT pride parade to have legal case heard

A Christian mother whose four-year-old son was required to take part in a school’s LGBT pride parade against her will is to have her legal case heard in court this week.

28 January 2023 Press Office

The United Kingdom should define sex in law

Christian Concern’s Policy Researcher, Carys Moseley comments on the Gender Recognition Reform Bill passed in Scotland, and the UK government’s challenge to it. The UK government has blocked the Gender Recognition Reform Bill passed by the Scottish Parliament. The purpose of the bill was to reform the Gender Recognition Act within Scotland to make changing ...

19 January 2023 Articles

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