Posted on 12/20/2009 5:09:33 AM PST by vimto
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.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1237204/Christian-teacher-lost-job-told-praying-sick-girl-bullying.html#ixzz0aEYp74Oj
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And so this is Chrsitmas in the UK.... time to get that great Gospel out!
We know what the response would’ve been if the teacher had been a Mohammadan...
Its a sick sick country over there, put it out of its misery. We need closure.
So it sounds like the teacher followed all the rules of ordinary politness.
And yet she is treated as if she threatened the girl for her lunch money.
How sad.
“Great” Britain is no more.
I hear crazy stories like this all the time from the UK.
The question is, do Brits ever do anything about the insanity, or reverse it in a single case?
Any mother of a child that sick who refuses prayer is equally as sick. Amazing.
That looks like an interesting book you’ve linked to. The review are fascinating.
True, and I think you would Jesus on your side there - he had no time for self bloating prayers.
But agreed, it seems this might well be different.
If she threatened the girl for lunch money she would likely be on an all expenses paid retraining course
Yes. A Christian couple who owned a guest house were charged with a hate crime when they got into a discussion with a muslim guest. The judge threw the case out, telling the guest basically that she was being stupid.
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