'A devout Christian teacher has lost her job after discussing her faith with a mother and her sick child and offering to pray for them.Olive Jones, a 54-year-old mother of two, who taught maths to children too ill to attend school, was dismissed following a complaint from the girl’s mother. She was visiting the home of the child when she spoke about her belief in miracles and asked whether she could say a prayer, but when the mother indicated they were not believers she did not go ahead.
Mrs Jones was then called in by her managers who, she says, told her that sharing her faith with a child could be deemed to be bullying and informed her that her services were no longer required.
Her dismissal has outraged Christian groups, who say new equality regulations are driving Christianity to the margins of society.'
I know of a remarkably similar case with a Sheffield social worker who was 'disciplined' under similar circumstances. (For "discipline" read "persecution".)
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