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A Christian counselor in Britain got sacked because he refused to counsel a gay couple regarding their sex life. Do you think this should be allowed? Should insurance agencies, or the government, force counselors to provide mental health services that violate their individual religious and/or moral codes?
Christian counsellor who refused to offer sex advice to gay couples fails in religious discrimination claim | Mail Online
Christian counsellor who refused to offer sex advice to gay couples fails in religious discrimination claim | Mail Online
A Christian relationship counsellor who lost his job after refusing to provide sex therapy to gay couples has failed in a further attempt to prove religious discrimination by his former employers.
Gary McFarlane, 48, a former elder in a church in Hanham, Bristol, lost his fight at the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in London to prove discrimination by the relationship charity Relate.
His appeal was launched after an employment tribunal ruled in January that he had been wrongfully dismissed by Relate in March last year but had not been a victim of religious discrimination or unfair dismissal.
Read more: Christian counsellor who refused to offer sex advice to gay couples fails in religious discrimination claim | Mail Online