A PRETORIA High Court judge has ordered the Dutch Reformed Church at Moreleta Park to unconditionally apologise to a music teacher it fired because he is in a gay relationship.
Johan Strydom has won his discrimination case against the DRC
According to this report today, South African Judge Dion Basson found that the congregation had unfairly discriminated against Johan Strydom when they fired him from their arts academy in 2005.
He said the constitutionally-protected right to equality outweighed the church’s right to religious freedom.
The judge ordered the church to pay Strydom almost R87 000 (£6,000) for the impairment of his dignity, emotional and psychological suffering and loss of earnings.
Posted by Barry Duke
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
August 29th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Good! Why should religion be exempt from the law? I hope a similar case occurs here, if only to give Paul Dacre (Daily Mail editor and Catholic loon) apoplexy.
August 29th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
This is a Victory — God fearing crackpots take note