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Evangelical Christian judge disciplined for judicial misconduct
A High Court Judge has been disciplined for his outspoken views on unwed couples and gay marriage.

Sir Paul Coleridge is, as well as a family judge, the founder and chairman of think tank The Marriage Foundation, which champions heterosexual marriage. Last year Coleridge, an Evangelical Christian, was rapped on the knuckles and warned to adopt a "lower profile" after he got a bit public with his opinions. Instead Coleridge went on a media blitz arguing that parents are best off wed, gay marriage is a "minority issue" and supporting marriage is "something our courts no longer seem able or willing to do".

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This was all too much for the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office, which ruled that Coleridge's frequent appearances in the press were “incompatible with his judicial responsibilities" and amounted to "judicial misconduct”. Coleridge said the finding was “disproportionate and unfair” and that his involvement with the think tank, "while unusual for a judge", did not interfere with his job. He also said that "hundreds" of other judges agreed with his views on marriage but were afraid to speak up.

Coleridge has announced he is quitting as a judge next year so he can be "freer to be outspoken" (translation: a Daily Mail column until he's caught on Grindr*).

*Joke joke joke. RoF is talking rubbish and there is actually no reason to think Mr Coleridge would have any interest in such websites
 
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Comments

Anonymous 20 December 13 09:05

With years of experience, he knows what he's talking about when he says that marriage is "a good thing". He's got balls for speaking out -- and isn't talking balls -- but the powers-that-be are wimpish and unreasonable for criticising him.

Anonymous 20 December 13 10:03

So it's controversial and "incompatible with judicial responsibilities" to say things like "parents are best off wed"? What strange, sad times we are living in.

Now Christians are the only group it is socially acceptable to mock and discriminate against.

Anonymous 20 December 13 10:15

I do get that he should be able to speak his mind and his opinions are based on years of experience but that said he is judiciary, and has to be seen to be impartial. He only has himself to blame if he did not want to have to stand down because he was warned he had to tone his views down. I guess it means he is better suited doing other things

Anonymous 20 December 13 11:25

His dismissal of gay marriage as a "minority issue" makes me wonder why the above are wondering why his comments are inappropriate for a judge.

Anonymous 20 December 13 12:33

"Christians are the only group it is socially acceptable to mock and discriminate against"

Don't forget the Welsh!

Anonymous 20 December 13 19:03

It is utterly unacceptable that he makes these comments which are so offensive to many. Lots of people lead happy good family lives in all kinds of set ups. Evangelical Christians are some of the worst of the lot.

Roll On Friday 24 December 13 11:16

Of course gay marriage is a minority issue. So is racism, almost by definition. Does that make it any less important? What a twat.

Anonymous 01 January 14 17:46

Of course it was right to discipline him. The judiciary is kept separate from politics in the UK, and part of that is that judges don't actively campaign on political issues. The Christian martyr brigade are out in force in these comments, but this applies across the board, and their man knows damn well he broke a very clear rule of the job.