UK: 'Persecuted Christians' join forces

Christians who believe they have been discriminated against at work have joined forces ahead of a critical legal case which is forcing an unprecedented confrontation between the Church of England and the judiciary.
By Peter Hutchison
15 Apr 2010

In a letter published in Thursday’s Daily Telegraph high profile Christians including Caroline Petrie, who was suspended from her work as a nurse for offering to pray for a patient, pledge their support to Gary MacFarlane – a Christian relationship counsellor appealing against an employment tribunal ruling that supported his sacking for refusing to give sex therapy to homosexual couples.

His lawyers, supported by Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, will submit an application on Thursday requesting that a specialist panel of five judges with an understanding of religious issues be set up to hear his case and future cases involving religious rights. the rest