From the UK Telegraph. (H/T ADF Alert)
Excerpt:
Lord Justice Munby and Mr Justice Beatson made the remarks when ruling on the case of a Christian couple who were told that they could not be foster carers because of their view that homosexuality is wrong.
The judges underlined that, in the case of fostering arrangements at least, the right of homosexuals to equality “should take precedence” over the right of Christians to manifest their beliefs and moral values.
In a ruling with potentially wide-ranging implications, the judges said Britain was a “largely secular”, multi-cultural country in which the laws of the realm “do not include Christianity”.
[…]The ruling in the case of Owen and Eunice Johns, from Derby, is the latest in a series of judgments in which Christians have been defeated in the courts for breaching equality laws by manifesting their beliefs on homosexuality.
[…]In their ruling yesterday, the judges complained that it was not yet “well understood” that British society was largely secular and that the law has no place for Christianity.
“Although historically this country is part of the Christian West, and although it has an established church which is Christian, there have been enormous changes in the social and religious life of our country over the last century,” they said.
It was a “paradox” that society has become simultaneously both increasingly secular and increasingly diverse in religious affiliation, they said.
“We sit as secular judges serving a multicultural community of many faiths. We are sworn (we quote the judicial oath) to ‘do right to all manner of people after the laws and usages of this realm, without fear or favour, affection or ill will’.”
The judges acknowledged that there was a “tension” in the case of Mr and Mrs Johns between the rights of individuals to maintain their religious beliefs and the rights of homosexual people to live free from discrimination.
However, when fostering regulations were taken into account, “the equality provisions concerning sexual orientation should take precedence” over religious rights, they said.
The world becomes a more evil place when Christians are forced to retreat into the shadows by the fascist state. I wonder if the two defendants voted for the Labor government that brought in these anti-Christian changes? I hope that they did not vote for the Labor Party, because it is a fearful thing to be your own executioner.
Related posts
- Muslims assault man for teaching comparative religions class
- UK Equalities Minister introduces law allowing gays to marry in churches
- Christian business owners found guilty for disagreeing with homosexuality
- How the government forces Christians to affirm homosexuality
- Pro-life protesters arrested and detained in UK
- Christian preacher arrested for saying that homosexuality is a sin
- Sex-education video prompts mother to transfer out 7-year old daughter
- Outgoing UK Labour government aims to make sex education compulsory
- How Harriet Harman’s Equality Bill will impact religious liberty
- How the British government funds radical Islam
- UK bill imposes restrictions on homechooling families
- Christian doctor fired in the UK for acting in the best interests of children
WINTERY KNIGHT 
How long until they decide that Christians can’t be trusted with their own children? After all, if you are going to teach them that God designed marriage and sex for one man / one woman marriages then they must assume you are unfit parents.
LikeLike
This is already happening in Germany and Sweden with the homeschooled kids. European countries resent the idea that they will not get the kids to attend their schools all day.
LikeLike
Neil, that was the point I made when I touched on this when it first hit the news. If their views make them unfit, then unfit is unfit. How can they allow someone’s own children to reside with them if their views are so detrimental to children being raised properly? It is a slippery slope, and I see it coming. You heard it here first.
LikeLike
Yes as a Brit this scares me incredibly.
It’s big news here and I can’t help but think that we’re now not too far from the State taking away children of Christianity simply because of their views on morality.
The authoritarian left is showing its true colours.
LikeLike
This isn’t about equality – it’s about enforcing a new social orthodoxy. One begins to wonder how long it will be before Smithfield is fired up again (no pun intended).
LikeLike
It’s interesting to consider that this outcome would likely not occur if the couple were Muslim, even though Islam does not support homosexuality. This seems to be more of an attack on Christianity than anything else.
LikeLike
The next time a British monarch is coronated (Elizabeth could outlive her son), it will be interesting to compare what I assume will be very few references to Christianity compared to what occurred during Queen Elizabeth’s coronation in 1952.
LikeLike