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<p>A Christian couple morally opposed to homosexuality because of their faith have lost a landmark High Court battle over the right to become foster carers.</p>
<p>Eunice and Owen Johns, aged 62 and 65, from Oakwood, Derby, went to court after a social worker expressed concerns when they said they could not tell a child a &#8220;homosexual lifestyle&#8221; was acceptable.</p>
<p>The Pentecostal Christian couple had applied to Derby City Council to be respite carers but withdrew their application, believing it &#8220;doomed to failure&#8221; because of the social worker&#8217;s attitude to their religious beliefs.</p>
<p>They asked judges to rule that their faith should not be a bar to them becoming carers, and the law should protect their Christian values.</p>
<p>But Lord Justice Munby and Mr Justice Beatson ruled that laws protecting people from discrimination because of their sexual orientation &#8220;should take precedence&#8221; over the right not to be discriminated against on religious grounds. The Johns are considering an appeal.</p>
<p>Outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, where the decision was given, Mrs Johns stood alongside her husband as she said: &#8220;We are extremely distressed at what the judges have ruled today.</p>
<p>&#8220;All we wanted was to offer a loving home to a child in need. We have a good track record as foster parents. But because we are Christians, with mainstream Christian views on sexual ethics, we are apparently unsuitable as foster parents.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ben Summerskill, chief executive of Stonewall, the lesbian, gay and bisexual charity, said: Thankfully, Mr and Mrs Johns&#8217;s out-dated views aren&#8217;t just out of step with the majority of people in modern Britain, but those of many Christians too. If you wish to be involved in the delivery of a public service you should be prepared to provide it fairly to anyone.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Christian Legal Centre warned &#8220;fostering by Christians is now in doubt&#8221; and said the judges had effectively ruled &#8220;homosexual &#8216;rights&#8217; trump freedom of conscience in the UK&#8221;.</p>
<p>The judges had stated that &#8220;biblical Christian beliefs may be &#8216;inimical&#8217; to children, and implicitly upheld an Equalities and Human Rights Commission (ECHC) submission that children risk being &#8216;infected&#8217; by Christian moral beliefs&#8221;.</p>
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