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[COMMENT: Homosexual agenda: coming to your city
soon. Do you have any
backbone or wisdom to stand against this?
E. Fox]
[COMMENT: this kind of response is ineffective. We MUST go after the behavior issue. They do not care what you believe. But they do care about their public reputation -- which, if truth were known -- would be terrible, and they would begin to lose this debate. Go to Evidence and Strategy and Homosexual Library. E. Fox]
"We have never discriminated against anybody but I cannot preach the benefits
of homosexuality when I believe it is against the word of God."
Mrs Matherick, 61, said they had asked if they could continue looking after
their foster son until he is found a permanent home, but officials refused and
he will be placed in a council hostel on Friday.
[COMMENT: That is child abuse, and should be called so. E. Fox]
She said: "He was very upset to begin with. We are all very close, but he's a
mature young man and he's dealing with it."
The couple, who have six grandchildren and one greatgrandchild, are both
ministers at the nonconformist South Chard Christian Church.
When they first started fostering they took in young single mothers and their
babies.
More recently they have been caring for children of primary school age.
Mr Matherick added: "It's terrible that we've been forced into this corner. It
just should not happen.
"There are not enough foster carers around anyway without these rules.
"They were saying that we had to be prepared to talk about sexuality with
11-year-olds, which I don't think is appropriate anyway, but not only that, to
be prepared to explain how gay people date.
"They said we would even have to take a teenager to gay association meetings.
"How can I do that when it's totally against what I believe?"
Religious campaigners say the couple are the latest victims of an equality drive
which puts gay rights above religious beliefs.
Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders have complained that the rules force them
to overturn long-held beliefs.
The Mathericks are planning to fight their case in the courts with the backing
of the Lawyers' Christian Fellowship.
The same organisation is backing Christian magistrate Andrew McClintock who
resigned from the family courts in a row over gay adoption.
He says he was forced to resign because he was not allowed to opt out of cases
where he might have to send a child to live with gay parents.
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The Mathericks' case comes at a time when there is a chronic shortage of foster
parents, who work on a voluntary basis.
An extra 8,000 are needed to plug the gaps in the service.
Researchers have found that continually moving children from home to home can
have a devastating impact on their education and general welfare.
But a report last year revealed that the shortage of carers meant that some
children in care are being forced to move up to three times a year.
David Taylor, Somerset County Council's corporate director for children and
young people, said: "No decision has been made about the deregistration of Mr
and Mrs Matherick.
"The council is committed to promoting the interests of children and young
people and welcomes foster carers from all backgrounds and faiths."
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