Ban on Christian Teacher from Deptford Green School in London

Case information
Incident date
Country
United Kingdom
Categories
  • Government Restrictions
Attack Against
  • Faith
Societal Sphere
  • Workplace
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Exclusion (of individuals or ideas)
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Religion

A classroom ban on a Christian school teacher who condemned the “homosexual lifestyle” in front of year 11 pupils aged 15 and 16, has been upheld by the High Court. Science teacher, Robert Haye’s appeal against the decision to ban him indefinitely was rejected by the judge. After telling his class that the way homosexual people lived was a “sin”, according to the bible, he was sacked and prohibited from teaching at any school.