10 times Christians won in court in 2022
by Tola Mbakwe, Premier:
This year was full of Christians standing up for their reglious freedom in court. Here’s a list of the ten most memorable court wins for Christians in 2022.
Franklin Graham:
In October, US evangelist Franklin Graham thanked God after a Scottish Court stood up for freedom of speech and religion in the UK.
The court ruled that he and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association were wrongfully discriminated against when the Scottish Event Campus cancelled the organisation’s contract to hold an evangelistic outreach at the SSE Hydro in 2020.
The exhibition centre cancelled after pressure from LGBT activists who insisted that Graham was homophobic and should not be given a platform in the UK. However, a judge ruled that those concerns actually stemmed from having an issue with Graham’s Christian beliefs.
Dr Richard Scott:
In September, a Christian GP reached an agreement with NHS England after he was threatened with disciplinary measures for offering to pray with patients.
Dr Richard Scott, who practices at Bethesda Medical Centre in Margate, Kent, was set to contest a ruling by the NHS, but the planned hearing was called-off last minute following a settlement between the two parties.
The settlement ended a legal battle that began in 2019 after the National Secular Society said an anonymous patient had felt “discomfort at the use of prayer” during a GP visit with Dr Scott.
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