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UK Pastor Fired for Opposing LGBT ‘Pride’ Events to Have Religious Freedom Lawsuit Heard in Court
LifeSite News ^ | 1/17/22 | Christian Concern

Posted on 01/18/2022 6:05:49 PM PST by marshmallow

‘I still stand by what I said, and I’ll always stand up for the truth. I believe that children’s safety is paramount,’ said Pastor Waters.

(Christian Concern) – A U.K. Christian pastor and school caretaker, who received a death threat and was hounded out of his job for a tweet that said LGBT pride events should not be attended by Christians and children, is to have his legal case heard.

Following a social media witch hunt, which ultimately forced him out of his caretaker job, Pastor Keith Waters, 55, launched legal action against the Active Learning Trust with the support of the Christian Legal Centre.

There will now be a trial in Cambridge this week before a full Employment Tribunal, where his lawyers will argue that the Isle of Ely primary school ­– where Waters was employed as a caretaker – interfered with his rights to freedom of religion, expression and thought.

Waters will claim for constructive dismissal, indirect discrimination, and breach of public sector equality duty.

Lawyers will argue the tweet that led to his resignation was a manifestation of his Christian beliefs and that, following the landmark high court ruling in the case of Felix Ngole, historic Christian views on sexual ethics should not be confused with homophobia or discrimination against homosexuals.

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TOPICS: Current Events; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: blm; cancelculture; doublestandard; gaymafia; homosexualagenda; racism; sodom

1 posted on 01/18/2022 6:05:49 PM PST by marshmallow
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2 posted on 01/18/2022 6:08:36 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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In religion classes at college (before the days of wokeness) it was clear that almost all major religions either saw LGBT as sinful (Jewish and Christian), unenlightened and illegitimate (Eastern Religions) or worthy of death (Islam). We either believe in freedom of religion or we don’t. This is Western Europe, so maybe they don’t.


3 posted on 01/18/2022 6:14:16 PM PST by packagingguy
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Biden: If you ain't for gay marriage, you ain't Catholic.

UK Pastor: Thanks be to God! LOL

4 posted on 01/18/2022 6:44:43 PM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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He could argument that any lifestyle "orientation" which results in 80% of new HIV cases among men being among those engaged in such - despite over 40 years of seeking to tame it, and at significant cost to taxpayers for treatment and prevention - should not be encouraged and enabled. If it was a consensual Christian practice it would be widely warned against if not outright banned..

Although only approximately 7% of adult and adolescent males reported having had male-to-male sexual contact at some point in their lives, 82% of HIV infections among males in 2018 were attributed to male-to-male sexual contact. (P. 7) 

Young gay and bisexual men accounted for 83% (6,385) of all new HIV diagnoses in people aged 13 to 24 in 2019, and 81% of diagnoses overall of HIV infection among Adolescents and Young Adults, and 92% of HIV infections among men aged 13 to 24 was attributed to male-to-male sexual contact:

 
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/images/group/age/youth/cdc-hiv-youth-sex-700x698.png  https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/images/group/gender/men/2020/cdc-hiv-men-diagnoses-bar-graph-700x318.png
 
In 2019, heterosexual men accounted for 7% of HIV diagnoses, and heterosexual women accounted for 16% of HIV diagnoses.

The largest percentage of HIV infections was attributed to male-to-male sexual contact (66% overall and 81% among males).
Overall there were 36.801 new HIV diagnoses in the United States and Dependent Areas 2019 among both men and women, with 23% being among heterosexuals:

 
Also according to the CDC (chart), in 2017  male to male sexual contact was the mode of transmission in 92% of new HIV cases among male youth aged 13 to 24, and  MSM  accounted for 81% of diagnoses among males  and 70%  of all new HIV diagnoses, and 2 out of every 3 diagnoses in the United States.  Which is despite only representing approximately 4% of the male population). 

And which practice (historically)  has resulted in a greatly increased incidence of other infectious diseases   and premature death.  (Even when their disease is well controlled, people with HIV can develop aging-related conditions such as cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, kidney and liver disease, osteoporosis, and cognitive impairment decades ahead of their HIV-negative counterparts, and their life expectancy is significantly reduced.) And which practice is primarily responsible for more than 700,000 people with AIDS having died (as of 2017 since 1981) in the USA since the beginning of the epidemic  - despite decades of attempting to tame it into being "safe."  (Worldwide, 77.3 million people have contracted HIV and 35.4 million have died of AIDS-related illnesses since the beginning of the pandemic in 1981 (https://health.usnews.com/conditions/hiv-aids/articles/hiv-statistics) 
 
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5 posted on 01/18/2022 7:40:04 PM PST by daniel1212 ( Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save + be baptized + follow Him!)
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