Court backs decision to bar Christian foster couple

[hymie]

Should Christians be stopped from fostering because of their faith/belief?

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DeOilyCart Mon 28-Feb-11 21:35:16
Huge numbers of teenagers who end up homeless on the streets are there because their parents (often fathers and stepfathers) have kicked them out or rejected them

There you go generalizing again.

Mothers just are not to blame are they?

Who's the bigot here then?....

WTF is a homosexual lifestyle?

People just happen to be gay and move in with people they love and have sex with.

Pretty bloody similar to a heterosexual lifestyle IMO.

It's you who are cherry picking the bits of your religion you like hymie, every bit as much as anyone else.

The difference is, other people choose to cherry pick some of the nice bits, which seems preferable to cherry picking some of the nasty bits.

hymie, they have stated they could not tell a child a homosexual lifestyle was acceptable.

Fairly opinionated.

If you are a gay child and your carers intimate that that's not OK, that is shit and no child should have to be brought up in such a toxic environment.

It's not difficult.

Look, this couple have been rejected as adopters/fosterers because they are a pair of fucking nutters who are obsessed with the evils of homoexualism. Would those of you going 'waa, waaa, Christians are so discriminated against' think it OK for a couple who were 'out and proud' about their BNP membership to be considered suitable foster carers?

DeOilyCart

I haven't come across one instance where a parent has to pro-actively inform a child that being gay is ok.

And if you think i'm Homophobic you're a million miles off.

One sniff of any opinion and you get a label, and this thread speaks volumes for other peoples narrow closed minds.

hymie - are you actually a practising Christian? Because you seem woefully ignorant if so.

Hymie obviously knows nowt about either christianity or homosexuality.

HerBeX

I can't cherry pick what I don't have .

God hasn't touched me i'm completely clean of that nonsense.

You know which one I mean?

The one that wants to BAN gay marriage.

[baffled] by that last post, OP

hymie

"Would anyone pro-actively say that a homosexual lifestyle was good"

yes why wouldn't i?

But can you imagine that your no doubt vast and extensive experience with caring for children who happen to be gay that some carers do need to actively reassure them that being gay is perfectly normal and acceptable.

I only mention it because although I realise your experience sets the bar for everything there have been rumours that your not omniscient.

hymie- Bible is full of stuff like stoning, murder etc etc that most Christians do not believe in anymore.

So presumably this couple do not believe in stoning. Are they cherry picking as well? Are they bad Christians because of that?

So, what's the betting folks, nutter or troll? 'Cause it sure ain't someone making a coherent point....

how sensitive towards people with speech impediments!

no i don't, many people do. would that make their question any less valid?

The church didn't want gay marriage Winnybella.

Nor did they want Women ordained as priests.

That's current not past.

hymie,
Are you saying that people are picking and choosing which part of Christian bigotry they condemn?

Personally, I would not have any religious person foster or adopt but at the same time I recognise that not all religious folk act upon their prejudices. (this couple chose to voice their bigotry and therefore were a risk to potential foster children).

I'm going for nutter, with maybe a side dish of drunk.

i had lesbian childminders who used to foster a lot of kids and ended up adopting one, i was around 9 or 10, didnt even realise they were gay... just 2 mums and one girl.

i have asked my question. you know what it is. it's ready and waiting for your response.

Mrs Johns said in their defence "I cannot lie and I cannot hate, but I cannot tell a child that it is ok to be homosexual".

That would be a wonderful message to pass on to vulnerable young children, perhaps young children who had never had a supportive and loving adult figure in their lives before. They could have quite possibly been excellent carers in every other way, but if that intolerence is what they would be passing on then they are better not getting involved with the children in the first place. The world doesn't need anymore people who judge people's "acceptability" in society on the basis of something as irrelevant as their sexuality.