The only evangelical Christian fostering and adopting agency in England has appealed a ruling that not accepting same-sex couples as foster carers was discriminatory.
Last July, the High Court said Cornerstone cannot require carers to abide by its Christian beliefs on sexual conduct. Ofsted had downgraded Cornerstone’s official status of ‘good’ to ‘requires improvement’ because of its position.
Aidan O’Neill QC argued on appeal that the initial ruling was ‘incoherent’, and said that if it is accepted that Cornerstone may restrict its services to those with an evangelical Christian faith, ‘it is not then for the court to tell them what that faith really is’.
