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‘I got sacked from a Christian school for having Christian values about marriage’
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Gozen Soydag2025-01-28T07:00:00
In February 2024, Gozen Soydag’s contract working for a Catholic school was terminated because of her social media presence espousing a traditional and conservative view of marriage. With Christian Concern she took the school to a tribunal which, on the 14 January 2025 upheld her dismissal. She will be appealing the result.
In 2015 I was working as a mental health lawyer representing some of the most vulnerable members of society detained in psychiatric wards at tribunals. One evening I got a vision during a prayer. The vision was of myself, speaking on a stage with a microphone empowering people to live their best lives through biblical principles and God’s love. That part was believable.
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