Foster child to be taken away..for not teaching homosexulaity

[2 Timothy2:1-4]

They are devoted foster parents with an unblemished record of caring for almost 30 vulnerable children.

But Vincent and Pauline Matherick will this week have their latest foster son taken away because they have refused to sign new sexual equality regulations


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/li...in_article_id=489285&in_page_id=1770&ito=1490

 

[bobbyd]

that deserves a good :BangHead:

 

[Matt Black]

As a member of the UK's Lawyers' Christian Fellowship, I received this email this morning:-

Council Accepts Christian Foster Parents should not be forced to Promote Homosexuality


Vince and Pauline Matherick, the Christian couple from Chard, Somerset, who last week were at the centre of national media attention when Somerset Social Services ordered them to sign up to a new Equalities Promise saying they would have to agree to facilitate and promote a homosexual lifestyle yesterday won the right to have their personal convictions and conscientious objections recognised.


The couple met yesterday (31 Oct) with Social Services leaders and secured an agreement to this effect. The Mathericks hope now to continue to foster children as before.


Mr and Mrs Matherick are represented by Paul Diamond (Counsel) and Michael Philips (Solicitor).


Andrea Williams comments, 'This is a significant step forward for Christian freedoms in that the Council has agreed not to force Mr and Mrs Matherick to act against their Christian beliefs. This should be of enormous encouragement to all Christians who want to take up the important role of caring for vulnerable children.'


Links


The Daily Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/24/nfoster124.xml


The Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article2727855.ece


The Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=489285&in_page_id=1770


ENDS.

For further information:
Andrea Minichiello Williams
CCFON/LCF Public Policy Director
0771 2591164
http://www.ccfon.org
[URL="http://www.lawcf.org [/quote"]http://www.lawcf.org [/URL]

...by way of an update.

[ETA - hope I haven't contravened copywright policy here but Andrea is a personal acquaintance and I know she would not mind her newsletter being as widely disseminated as possible]

 

[2 Timothy2:1-4]

Thanks for the update this is great news.

 

[The Scribe]

Shouldn't children be taken away if they aren't taught Christianity?

These are the same people that say people should be "open-minded."

But, when you bring up Christ they close their mind.:smilewinkgrin:

 

[hillclimber1]

Great outcome, but the forces that enabled this nonsense in the first place, will not be dissuaded long. Even here in America, this is not far from being common place. Christianity is under attack.