Christian Teen Commits Suicide Over Fears About Telling Her Family She Is A Lesbian

Lizzie Lowe, 14, who was found hanged at Fletcher Moss Park in Didsbury Photo: MEN

Martin Evans | Telegraph
A teenage girl hanged herself because she feared telling her devoutly Christian parents she might be gay, an inquest has heard.

Elizabeth Lowe, 14, known as Lizzie, had confided in friends that she thought she might be a lesbian, but was struggling to reconcile her feelings with her own deep faith.

She was also worried about telling her parents, but her father said her fears were misplaced and she would have received a “wealth of love and acceptance”.

The schoolgirl from Didsbury in Manchester sparked concern when she sent a text to a friend on the evening of September 10, which ended with the words, “….stay strong. I am sorry”.
The friend told her mother who alerted the police, but tragically Lizzie was found hanged in a local park.

Christian university sues Law Society of BC over decision to not accredit law grads

Trinity Western University in Langley, B.C

Keven Drews The Canadian PressA Christian university embroiled in a debate about religious freedoms and same-sex equality rights will challenge in court a Law Society of British Columbia decision not to accredit graduates from its proposed law school.

In contention is a community covenant at Trinity Western University in Langley, B.C., that prohibits sex outside of marriage between a man and a woman.

The society accredited the proposed law school last April but reversed that decision in October.

Earlier this month, the government announced that it was also revoking its support.

University spokesman Guy Saffold said the judicial review will ask the B.C. Supreme Court to overturn the society’s decision because it acted improperly under its own procedural guidelines and Canadian law.

“The Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the freedom of religion, the freedom of religious communities to express their identity and we feel that the decision the law society has made violates those very important freedoms of our Canadian society,” said Saffold.

A similar judicial review is already underway in Nova Scotia. There, the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society has decided not to allow graduates of the proposed law school to enrol in the bar admission program unless the university dropped a requirement that students sign a pledge to abstain from sex outside heterosexual marriage.

The Law Society of B.C. said in an email that it will defend its decision and respond to the university’s petition within the time provided under the court’s rules.

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 A Christian pilgrim kneels to touch the silver star marking the location traditionally believed where Jesus Christ was born in the 'Grotto' in the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, 08 December 2014.  EPA/ABED AL HASHLAMOUN