Court backs decision to bar Christian foster couple
28/02/2011
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Original source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-12598896
A decision to bar a Christian couple from fostering children because of their views on homosexuality has been backed at the High Court.
Eunice and Owen Johns, 62 and 65, of Derby, said the city council did not want them to become foster carers because of their traditional views.
The couple said they were "doomed not to be approved" because of their views.
The Pentecostal Christian couple had applied to Derby City Council to be respite carers.
The court heard that the couple withdrew their application after a social worker expressed concerns when they said they could not tell a child that a homosexual lifestyle was acceptable.
Derby City Council said previously its first duty was to the children in its care, some of whom are very vulnerable.
The couple cared for about 15 children in the 1990s
A decision to bar a Christian couple from fostering children because of their views on homosexuality has been backed at the High Court.
Eunice and Owen Johns, 62 and 65, of Derby, said the city council did not want them to become foster carers because of their traditional views.
The couple said they were "doomed not to be approved" because of their views.
The Pentecostal Christian couple had applied to Derby City Council to be respite carers.
The court heard that the couple withdrew their application after a social worker expressed concerns when they said they could not tell a child that a homosexual lifestyle was acceptable.
Derby City Council said previously its first duty was to the children in its care, some of whom are very vulnerable.
The couple cared for about 15 children in the 1990s
