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The radicals’ war on believers.

Decades ago, we warned that the public promotion of radical sexual agendas would have worrying and lasting repercussions. We were mocked and scorned for saying this. When the fake marriage debate came along, we insisted this would NOT be the end, and even more radical demands would be made. We were mocked and scorned again. Now, the trans militants are working overtime, targeting women and children especially.

I have already documented far too many examples of this, and they keep on coming. Consider just two more recent cases, one from the UK and one from Australia.

Censored Christian Teacher

In England, we have now gotten to the place where a Christian teacher at a Christian school affirming basic Christian sexual ethics can come very close to losing her job! One report says this:

A Christian teacher in the U.K. has been found guilty of “‘unacceptable professional conduct” by a high court for telling students about her biblical beliefs on gender and sexuality, all while teaching at a Christian school. Glawdys Leger was a Modern Foreign Languages teacher for 12 years before she was suspended from Bishop Justus Church of England School in Bromley in February 2022.

The 43-year-old refused to promote LGBTQI+ ideology to her seventh-grade students which included introducing them to “gender identities such as pansexual, asexual, intersex, and transgender, plus Stonewall-inspired films and Animal Farm-esque slogans: ‘Equality is a strength, Diversity is our power, Inclusion is a necessity’,” Christian Legal Centre reports.

Instead, she told students that Christians believe sex outside of marriage is sin and that as a Christian you need to “live your life for God.” She also said, “There is no place to hurt or exclude anyone because they are LGBT, Christians should pray for people who are LGBT, And that she ‘spoke about God’s love and how we are all loved and precious,’” Christian Concern explained in a statement.

According to a professional conduct panel (PCP), Leger’s comments were recorded by one of the students who complained that the teacher said being LGBT was a “sin” and that transgender people were “just confused.” In December 2023, the PCP removed Leger from her position and deemed her conduct to be “unprofessional.”

The Aquinas Church of England Education Trust then reported Leger to the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) because “she upset one pupil by sharing her views on LBGTQ+ and she went on to share many more in our investigation and subsequent hearings, such that we were not certain whether she would continue to share those views with young people.”

The article goes on to say this:

“I am relieved to not be banned from teaching in the UK. However, I find it extremely alarming that I have been found guilty of discussing and debating Christian teaching in a Christian school in an RE lesson,” Leger said after the initial ruling.

“I raised what I did because children were being taught one extreme LGBTQI+ narrative at the school with no debate. Yet for raising, expressing, and teaching Christian beliefs on these issues, I have been accused of not presenting a balanced view,” she continued.

Leger added, “The message from the TRA is that Christian teachers must not only be silent about their beliefs, but they must actively promote LGBT ideology or risk being severely punished and even losing their careers.” Andrea Williams, chief executive of the Christian Legal Centre, said it is only getting worse for Christian teachers in the U.K.

“Regulatory bodies are creating an oppressive environment for teachers which chills the atmosphere and prevents the expression of Christian faith in schools and any alternative or balancing viewpoint to LGBTQI+ ideology,” she said. “Glawdys is a Christian teacher who was teaching Christian ethics in an RE lesson in a Christian school. For her to be punished for doing her job well creates censorship in the classroom.”

Barred in Brisbane

When sexual insanity has even poisoned so-called Christian institutions, then you know we are in a really bad way. But things are no better here in Australia. A Canadian man who cares greatly about the war on our children has run afoul of the law in Queensland for daring to say children should be protected, and not exploited, by the trans militants. One story says this:

A Canadian father who campaigns against irreversible gender dysphoria treatments for children has been fined and arrested in Brisbane, in what has been described as a “worrying attack on freedom of expression”. Chris Elston – better known online as Billboard Chris – was standing in Queen Street Mall with a sign stating “children cannot consent to puberty blockers” when he was approached by a Brisbane City Council worker who accused him of obstructing people’s movement.

The council worker went on to issue Mr Elston with an $806 fine for “obstructing or unreasonably disturbing any person lawfully using a mall”, a claim the activist calmly insisted was untrue. Mr Elston’s sign reflects current Queensland law, after the state government issued a directive banning puberty blockers and cross sex hormones for new patients suffering gender dysphoria earlier this year.

After refusing to comply with the directive to remove his sign and leave the area, Mr Elston was approached by multiple officers from Queensland Police, who informed him that continuing to remain would lead to him being arrested and charged with “contravening” the move-on direction.

“I’m a man of integrity and truth and it is not true that I was obstructing anyone, and I don’t think I can, in good conscience, yield to this act of authoritarianism when it’s based on lies and I’m not comfortable moving,” the Canadian activist responded.

He later was brought to Parliament House in Canberra to share his story. Three pro-family champs offered these comments:

Rukshan Fernando
It’s great to see @billboardchris making the rounds at Parliament House, hosted by Senator Babet. Despite the overzealous detainment by Queensland police and the woke Brisbane City Council workers trampling on free speech, Chris is out here in Australia garnering support for his cause to protect children. He will also be participating in a landmark case alongside X and Elon Musk against the censorship-obsessed office of the eSafety Commission in Australia. Good luck!

Senator Malcolm Roberts
Grateful to be able to offer my support to @BillboardChris in person at Parliament House today after the concerning events in Queen Street Mall, Brisbane.

As I’ve said many times in Senate speeches and other forums, gender dysphoria should be met with compassion and understanding, not a scalpel or hormone drugs.

Our children need support during adolescence, not automatic affirmation that could lead to irreversible harm. Given that children are not mature enough to consent to treatments that will result in permanent infertility and damage, a total ban on such treatments for anyone under 18 is necessary.

We must protect our children as they navigate this challenging period in their lives.

I stand with Billboard Chris and commend his dedication to ending this abuse of our children.

Above all, free speech and the right to peaceful protest must be safeguarded at all costs.

Lyle Shelton
Fresh from being removed from the Queen St Mall today by nine @QldPolice for peacefully displaying these signs, it was a privilege to catch up with @BillboardChris. The @LNPQLD’s failure to protect freedom of speech is deeply disturbing.

You can sign a petition on his behalf. It already has over 20,000 signatures:

Chris Elston, better known as Billboard Chris, is a Canadian father on a mission. Equipped with nothing but a sandwich board, he travels the world engaging in vital street advocacy to protect children from gender ideology. Billboard Chris’ message is simple: “Children cannot consent to puberty blockers.” But now, his voice—and the truth—is under attack in Australia.

In March of last year, Australian authorities ordered X (Twitter) to remove one of his online posts. In the post, Billboard Chris had shared a news article published by the Daily Mail, which criticized the appointment of a radical transgender-identifying activist to a World Health Organization panel charged with drafting new “guidelines” on the provision of “gender-affirming care”.

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner demanded that X remove the post, resulting in the platform ‘geo-blocking’ the post in Australia. Billboard Chris is not backed by large corporations or political power. He’s just a dad fighting to protect children from one of the most dangerous ideologies of our time. Like every one of us, he has the right to peacefully express his beliefs. Yet, Australian authorities have violated his basic right to free speech.

And this isn’t just about Billboard Chris. The result of the eSafety Commissioner’s overreach is to keep Australians in the dark. The people of Australia have the right to uncensored information about the truth of gender ideology and the way it is advanced by activists and institutions.

Governments must not be allowed to hide views they don’t like from their citizens. Now, a Canadian citizen must travel to Australia to defend his right to speak freely on an American-owned social media platform.

This is a fight for free speech everywhere. With the support of ADF International and the Human Rights Law Alliance, Billboard Chris is heading to court on March 31^st in defence of his basic right to speak freely about the dangers of gender ideology.

All over the West, we see the sexual revolutionaries waging war on Christians and others who believe that children should be protected and that radical adult agenda items should not be rammed down our throats. These two cases are just the tip of the iceberg.

We all need to take a stand now before we will lose our rights to do so.

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Republished with thanks to CultureWatch.