Saturday, 3 March 2007

Christian magistrate loses case on gay adoption discrimination

A Christian magistrate who says he was forced to quit the bench because he does not agree with adoption by gay couples has lost a discrimination case.

Andrew McClintock, of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, said civil partnership laws clashed with his religious beliefs.

He told a tribunal he did not want to have to remove a child from its natural family into the care of a gay couple. Read more

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