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Anglican clergyman who married his partner wins right to appeal discrimination case

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Kendall Harmon

…[Church of England] clergyman Jeremy Pemberton has won the right to appeal against a ruling by an employment tribunal that he was not discriminated against.

Canon Pemberton took his case to the tribunal after he was refused a licence to work as a hospital chaplain because he had married his partner Laurence Cunnington.

Read it all from Christian Today.

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