He appealed, and his dismissal was converted by school governors to a final warning, provided that he comply with requirements including that he not “express personal beliefs in ways which exploit our pupils’ vulnerability”. The school chaplain also told the children that his view on marriage and LGBT+ rights was an “ethical position which could also be arrived at independently of any religious text”.Īccording to Christian Concern, which is supporting Bernard Randall in his legal action, following an investigation and disciplinary hearing, the chaplain received a letter from the school’s headteacher, in August 2019, informing him that his sermon had amounted to gross misconduct, which would result in dismissal.
Randall added: “It is perfectly legitimate to think that marriage should only properly be understood as being a lifelong exclusive union of a man and a woman… You may perfectly properly believe that, as an ideal, sexual activity belongs only within such marriage, and that therefore any other kind is morally problematic.” During Pride Month 2020, Nickelodeon tweeted a series of rainbow-colored portraits of the network's LGBTQ+ actors and characters that included Michael D.
