British Court Says Town Wrong In Suspending Foster Care License After Religious Conversion

In Britain, a High Court has forced the Council in the town of Gateshead to admit that it acted improperly in revoking the foster care license of a Christian woman. According to a release today by the Christian Institute, the Gateshead Council in 2008 deregistered the woman, who had been caring for foster children for ten years, preventing her from continuing to do so after a a 16-year old Muslim girl in her charge converted to Christianity. Lawyers for the woman argued that the Council's action failed to take account of the girl's freedom of religion. The license revocation has had a significant impact on the foster carer's financial situation.