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British Christian teacher wins ‘extreme sex education’ court battle

Higgs posted on her personal Facebook account about the “extreme sex education” curriculum present in the Church of England primary school, according to a release from Christian Concern.

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The favorable decision comes amid a broader assault on the Christian faith in the court system of the United Kingdom, especially over social issues such as abortion and homosexuality. File Image.

Kristie Higgs, a teaching assistant in the United Kingdom, won a court battle that started when she raised concerns online about the sex education curriculum in the school her son attended.

 

Higgs posted on her personal Facebook account in 2019 about the “extreme sex education” curriculum present in the Church of England primary school, according to a release from Christian Concern. The forty-eight-year-old Christian was then dismissed from her position.

 

 

Christian Concern revealed that an appeals court ruled on her behalf last week, thereby reshaping “the law on freedom of religion in the workplace” and establishing a “legal presumption that any dismissal for an expression or manifestation of Christian faith is illegal.”

 

Higgs offered “praise, glory, and honour” to God in a statement released by the Christian Institute about the favorable decision. The mother and teacher said that “employers will no longer be able to rely on their theoretical fears of reputational damage or subjective concerns about causing offence to discipline employees for exercising their fundamental freedom.”

 

 

“The court of appeal has now set a clear standard to protect people like me, and the countless other Christians in this nation, to express their beliefs without fear of losing their jobs,” she said.

 

The favorable decision comes amid a broader assault on the Christian faith in the court system of the United Kingdom, especially over social issues such as abortion and homosexuality, while other British citizens have faced penalties for disagreeing with recent mass immigration.

 

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