Bible college fires theologian for tweet against homosexuality, threatens to report as terrorist: lawyers

A Methodist Bible assemblage successful nan U.K. fired a Christian theologian and threatened to study him arsenic a violent because of his tweets successful guidance to homosexuality, his attorneys claimed.

Dr. Aaron Edwards, who taught theology astatine Cliff College successful Derbyshire, England, was dismissed from nan schoolhouse aft being accused of "bringing nan assemblage into disrepute" connected societal media past month.

"Homosexuality is invading nan church," Edwards tweeted connected Feb. 19. "Evangelicals nary longer spot nan severity of this [because] they're engaged apologizing for their apparently barbaric homophobia, whether aliases not it's true.

"This *is* a ‘Gospel issue,’ by nan way. If misdeed is nary longer sin, we nary longer request a Savior," Edwards added.

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Edwards' tweet went viral and prompted blowback, to which Edwards responded: "That *is* nan blimpish view. The acceptance of homosexuality arsenic ‘not sinful’ *is* an penetration upon nan Church, doctrinally. This is not controversial. The acceptance is controversial. Most of nan world Church would agree. It is not homophobic to state homosexuality sinful."

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"I expressed nan blimpish position arsenic a doctrinal issue, re. nan implications for sin/the Gospel. It was not an onslaught connected individuals, it was addressed to evangelicals. It seems that holding nan position that homosexuality is sinful is only invited if it remains 'unexpressed,'" he added.

Dr. Aaron Edwards, who taught theology astatine Cliff College successful Derbyshire, England, was dismissed from nan schoolhouse aft being accused of "bringing nan assemblage into disrepute" connected societal media successful guidance to homosexuality. (Christian Concern)

Edwards' tweets reportedly caused "distress" among members of nan Methodist Church successful Britain, pinch 1 elder unit personnel saying they "could beryllium highly damaging" and "impact nan college’s halfway work" and "business plan," according to Edwards' ineligible counsel astatine nan London-based Christian Legal Centre.

Edwards was suspended from nan schoolhouse pending an investigation and nan assemblage revealed during a disciplinary proceeding connected March 8 that it was considering referring him to Prevent, which polices allegations of coercion successful nan U.K.

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Edwards was reportedly asked during nan proceeding what he would do if he were asked to believe pinch a student astir their same-sex attraction, which he believes was an effort to trap him into affirming "conversion therapy," which nan U.K. Parliament has debated criminalizing.

"The guidance to my tweet and nan cruel curen I person knowledgeable by Cliff College and nan Methodist Church successful Britain wholly illustrates nan problem my tweet addressed," Edwards said successful a connection provided to Fox News Digital.

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Cliff College successful Derbyshire, England, allegedly fired Dr. Aaron Edwards and threatened to study him arsenic a violent because of his tweets successful guidance to homosexuality. (Google Maps)

"The tweet was not defamatory; it was not an onslaught connected immoderate workfellow aliases individual; it was not abusive; and it was not an extremist belief view. It was addressed to evangelicals arsenic a constituent of doctrine, and it has been misunderstood by galore who wish to origin individual and institutional problem for those who definitive that view," he continued.

Edwards added that accepted Christian beliefs astir sexuality are being "silenced and stamped out" successful nan Methodist Church.

Edwards' lawsuit comes amid a world rift among Methodists complete nan rumor of homosexuality and cheery clergy, which has led to galore congregations successful nan U.S. leaving nan mainline denomination. (AP Photo / Sid Hastings / File)

With nan assistance of nan Christian Legal Centre, Edwards is weighing his ineligible options against Cliff College for imaginable favoritism nether nan Equality Act 2010. He is claiming that nan disciplinary process lacked "requisite fairness" and that nan investigation was prejudiced and filled pinch an "astonishing" imbalance, exaggeration and misrepresentation.

Cliff College did not respond to Fox News Digital's petition for remark by clip of publication.

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Edwards' lawsuit comes amid a increasing rift among Methodists globally complete nan rumor of same-sex matrimony and gender. The United Methodist Church successful nan U.S. has been hemorrhaging congregations successful caller years, pinch galore of them joining nan caller blimpish Global Methodist Church.