By the Christian Institute
A Christian couple who faced difficulties in their application to Derby City Council to become foster carers because of their views on homosexuality, have been refused permission by the High Court to challenge the Council’s approach.
In a concerning judgment handed down yesterday, Lord Justice Munby and Mr Justice Beatson said
they were not prepared to grant Eunice and Owen Johns permission for judicial review.
Although the judges were unsympathetic to the Johns’ case, their judgment does not ban Christians
with orthodox beliefs on homosexual conduct from fostering children; local authorities are free to take on Christians as before.
As the judges pointed out, Parliament has enacted equality laws containing competing legal rights such as those based on sexual orientation and those based on religious beliefs.
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Tuesday, 1 March 2011
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