05-12-2021
Image Source: Facebook Screenshot/Rev. Bernard Randall/Christian Concern
A school chaplain in the United Kingdom was forced out of his job and reported to the government s anti-terrorism watchdog after delivering a sermon to students about different ideologies related to gender identity.
Rev. Bernard Randall is taking legal action against Trent College in Nottingham for discrimination, harassment, victimization, and unfair dismissal, according to Christian Legal Centre.
In June 2018, Elly Barnes, CEO of Educate and Celebrate, came to the school to train staff on ways they can embed gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation into the fabric of your school.
A Christian chaplain at Trent College was fired and reported to the British government’s anti-terrorism programme for delivering a sermon in which he told pupils that it is acceptable to question [.]
Reverend Bernard Randall, the former school chaplain for private boarding school Trent College. (Christian Concern)
A chaplain at a private boarding school who told kids it was “perfectly proper” to say gay sex is “morally problematic” is claiming he was discriminated against.
Reverend Bernard Randall, 48, was working at the elite Trent College in Nottingham, in 2019, when he decided to give a sermon to the children on LGBT+ rights.
The school had recently adopted the LGBT+ inclusion programme Educate and Celebrate, which provides training for school staff.
Claiming he was responding to a question by a student – “How come we are told we have to accept all this LGBT+ stuff in a Christian school?” – Randall told students: “You do not have to accept the ideas and ideologies of LGBT+ activists.”
The Rev. Bernard Randall | Christian Legal Centre
A school chaplain lost his job at a Christian school and was reported to the government s counter-terrorism watchdog, Prevent, after telling students they were not compelled to accept an ideology they disagree with, his lawyers say.
The Rev. Bernard Randall, 48, is taking Trent College to court for discrimination, harassment, victimization and unfair dismissal.
He says he preached a sermon on the biblical view of gender identity and same-sex relationships after being approached by students who were confused and upset by some of the material being taught in a new LGBT-inclusive curriculum at the school.