In days when most news is depressing, this report from the Daily Telegraph is worth sharing.

A Christian worker has won her years-long legal battle against a school which sacked her for sharing social media posts about LGBT+ relationships.

Kristie Higgs, a Christian mother of two, was fired from her role at Farmor’s School in Fairford, Gloucestershire, in 2019 for sharing Facebook posts criticising teaching about LGBT+ relationships in schools.

In February, she won a Court of Appeal battle related to her dismissal, with three senior judges finding that the decision to sack her for gross misconduct was “unlawfully discriminatory” and “unquestionably a disproportionate response”.

The school sought to appeal against the ruling at the Supreme Court in March, but three justices refused to give the school approval to challenge the decision in the UK’s highest court.

In a decision published on Monday, Lord Reed, Lord Hamblen and Lady Simler said the school had asked for the go-ahead to appeal against the ruling on four grounds.

But they said that the Supreme Court “does not have jurisdiction” to hear three of the grounds, and the fourth “does not raise an arguable question of law”.

In response to the decision, Mrs Higgs said: “I am relieved and grateful to the Supreme Court for this common-sense decision.

“Christians have the right to express their beliefs on social media and at other non-work-related settings without fear of being punished by their employer.”

‘Censorship is illegal’

Andrea Williams, chief executive of the Christian Legal Centre, which supported Mrs Higgs’ case, said: “We welcome the Supreme Court’s decision, which brings a decisive closure to this extraordinary case.”

She continued: “The Court of Appeal confirmed, loud and clear, that ideological censorship in the workplace, particularly against sincerely held Christian convictions, is illegal.

“This latest decision from the Supreme Court is further proof that our tireless work at the Christian Legal Centre, in defending so many Christian freedoms cases, has not been in vain.”

Mrs Higgs, who worked as a pastoral administrator and work experience manager at the school, shared two posts on a private page under her maiden name in October 2018 to about 100 friends, which raised concerns about relationship education at her son’s Church of England primary school.