On March 26, two days after World Vision in the USA had announced that it would employ Christians in same-sex marriages, the relief organisation reversed its decision.
World Vision’s American branch had announced, on March 24, that it would no longer require its more than 1,100 employees to restrict their sexual activity to marriage between one man and one woman. World Vision president, Richard Stearns, made it clear by saying: ‘The new policy will not exclude someone from employment if they are in a legal same-sex marriage’.
This caused an outcry from Christian leaders and churches. Many donors said they would no longer fund the sponsor-a-child programmes.
