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Jack – I would personally like to see this research you did into human rights proclaimations. It sounds to me that you are simply asserting religious bigotry under the guise of some bogus trump card dreamt up by right wing religious propogandist organisations. I'm pretty sure it would require more than "a second or two" to go down that exhaustive list. Secondly, "sexual pervertion" as you imply gayness constitutes is in the eye of the beholder. Ad-hominem labeling of minority groups doesn't constitute a well balanced arguement.
You'll have to do better than that…

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What a ridiculously ignorant comment. Please stop talking like you have any knowledge of genetics and homosexuality, you're only making yourself look like a fool (as if your confessed alcohol problem gives you any credibility…).

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Homosexuality used to be considered mental illness by the medical profession up to the 70s and 80s.

What changed attitudes was a deliberate campaign to promote homosexual behaviour as normal. Top homosexual activists have stated that their agenda is to destroy normal family life because it is anathema to their lifestyle.

Social engineers in power want the end of strong successful families and communities because weak people are more easily controlled.

This contradiction in 'rights' legislation is another way of weakening society, whereby this 'group' fights that 'group' for their perceived rights.

As I say, there is no equality, just a hierarchy of ideologies.

So we have Muslim 'clerics' who couldn't be deported because of their 'human rights' preaching the destruction of pagans, Jews and Christians.

Which is another interesting point. If it wasn't for Christians standing up for truth and decency, the country would be heading (faster) towards another Muslim state.

We have but this one life and have to make the most of it. We have to ride the storm of temptation and emerge stronger for having done so.

We have to grasp the idea of eternity and that this short time on earth is for testing our faith.

We have all sinned, but we have to admit it and repent. The sick media and what passes for education these days, make it seem like sexual activity is compulsory. It's not!

And remember, I am spending my time leaving messages like this because I care deeply about the eternal destination of my fellow humans, because there are only two places you can go after this life: paradise or eternal torment – eternal guilt and there is no end to it – ever.

Life is better with the Almighty on your side. You can put things into perspective easier and give Him your woes. He has the power to change lives and that's a fact.

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Should I have carried on drinking and said, 'I was born that way?'

Stewart Cowan – I'm not sure I know who's side you're on.
To lump gayness in with alcoholism is pandering to the worst prejudices of the Evangelical right. They are not remotely similar. Alcoholism when encouraged leads you into a downward spiral of mental illness self destruction and depression. The only reason gay people suffer any of that is at the hands of right wing bigots who want to take their rights away or because they are scared and stuck in the closet. If gayness is a so-called choice why did I bother with 8 years of painful psychologically damaging denial, when I could've just as easily gone "straight" and got a girlfriend. Answer, I was stuck in a conservative backwater where everyone used phrases such as "they're revoking clause 28, I suppose they'll be making paedophilia legal next". And that was my dad.
Whether gayness is nature or nurture, one thing it isn't is a "choice". My choices were 'be gay' or 'stay in the closet and pretend to be celebate until you go mad'. Next you'll be advocating "pray out the Gay" as a cure for homosexuality.

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I disagree entirely with the ruling but this ruling does not excuse LGBT blanket prejudice against people of faith. Two wrongs don't make a right. We have to stop reacting by attacking Christianity. Christians are entitled to believe whatever they like and that is right, our beliefs are our own and cannot be legislated. I was appalled to read that this woman had experienced bullying as a result of her beliefs. We don't have a moral monopoly. Some People are Gay, get over it- Some people are Christians, Get over it. The point is, our beliefs and lifestyles should not affect the services we have access to or our responsibility to fulfill our contracts of employment. Equality and Diversity legislation and policies cannot require people to think in a certain way; however, I am appalled that this ruling gives a loophole for anyone to insist that workplace equalities polices cannot require people to behave in line with equality. What is the their worth now? I can see a raft of cases coming forward next that will completely undermine the relatively recent inclusion of sexual orientation in discrimation law.

This is a very dangerous precendent.

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If we follow her example any LGBT person can object to serving Christians!

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The religious right / extremists do "believe" in all that prehistoric and medieval rubbish and as they have enjoyed privileged positions in many societies around the world for centuries, they are well ticked off that that position is being undermined by more “tolerant and inclusive” secular philosophies.

Two of their major bigotries are against WOMEN and GAYS. If these groups get rights, then the RELIGIOUS MEN (who mainly run around in frocks to discharge their duties) will have to play a secondary role and what they say will no longer hold sway. This is not about holy books, scriptures and the like. It is about STRAIGHT MEN being able to rule the roost as they see fit and to show complete disregard for anyone and every one who challenges their SUPREMACY.

This is a warning they are going to fight tooth and nail to hold onto power and they will use religious beliefs of all types to justify their position.

GAYS and WOMEN are their biggest challengers and they have NO intension of loosing this war. So now is the time to redouble gay rights efforts and to politically re-organise and to not take current gains for granted? They can be reversed and will be if this crowd get their way.

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And that's the majority, but, hey, who cares about the majority anymore. They used to call us the 'moral majority.'

By the way, please stop saying you were "born gay." I was born an alcoholic – at least, probably – I seemed to be genetically predispositioned in that direction. I had a miserable decade drinking, but I don't drink anymore.

Should I have carried on drinking and said, 'I was born that way?'

Peter Tatchell wrote a piece for 'Pink News' last month exposing the inadequacy of the genetic explanation for sexuality and also said this:

Many studies suggest social factors are also important influences in the formation of sexual orientation.

These include the relationship between a child and its parents, formative childhood experiences, family expectations, cultural mores and peer pressure.

By about the age of five or six, a combination of biological and social influences seem to lay the basis of an individual's sexual orientation.

This is the deal:

a) Promote sin as normal to help destroy family life.

b) Get us fighting among ourselves for our 'rights'.

The result: a very weak society that can be more easily enslaved into tyranny.

Look at the BIG picture! The Government doesn't care about any of us – look through my website and see.

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