British churches will be forced to accept practicing homosexuals or "transsexuals"
in positions as youth workers and similar roles, under upcoming equality legislation, the government has said. The Labour
government's Equality Bill will prohibit churches from refusing to hire active homosexuals even if their religion holds such
behavior to be sinful, said deputy equalities minister Maria Eagle.
The legislation
is due to come into force next year, and churches fear that it will force them to act against their religious convictions
in a broad range of areas.
