Christian school worker sacked for calling LGBTQ+ lessons ‘brainwashing’ wins appeal

A Christian school idiosyncratic who was dismissed aft describing LGBTQ+ narration lessons arsenic ‘brainwashing’ has won a Court of Appeal battle.

Kristie Higgs, 47, was dismissed from Farmor’s School successful Fairford, Gloucestershire, successful 2019 implicit a Facebook station criticising plans to thatch astir queer relationships successful superior schools.

The erstwhile pastoral head took the Church of England schoolhouse to court, alleging unlawful discrimination.

Today, the Royal Courts of Justice upheld her claim, uncovering the determination to remit the lawsuit backmost to an employment tribunal was ‘unlawfully discriminatory’.

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