THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The High Court will today rule in a case involving a Christian couple who say they were ''doomed not to be approved'' as foster carers because of their traditional views on homosexuality.Eunice and Owen Johns, 62 and 65, said issues were raised over their suitability as foster carers after they told social workers they could not tell a child a homosexual lifestyle was acceptable.
The Pentecostal Christian couple from Derby had applied to Derby City Council to be respite carers.
But at a hearing last year, two High Court judges, sitting at Nottingham Crown Court, heard the couple withdrew their application after a social worker expressed concerns over their attitudes towards homosexuality.
At the hearing of the case, the couple's lawyer Paul Diamond told the court the couple were ''doomed not to be approved'', which was why they agreed with Derby City Council to seek clarification of the law from the High Court. >>> | Monday, February 28, 2011
