Aaron Edwards, a theologian at Cliff College in England, has been reportedly fired after he declared homosexuality a sin on Twitter. He was also threatened with being reported to authorities as a “terrorist” for his views. It is the latest attack on religious and political speech in Great Britain.

Edwards maintains that he never had a prior complaint or disciplinary action at the college. However, he tweeted the following in February:

Homosexuality is invading the Church.

Evangelicals no longer see the severity of this b/c they're busy apologising for their apparently barbaric homophobia, whether or not it's true.

This *is* a "Gospel issue", by the way. If sin is no longer sin, we no longer need a Saviour.

— Aaron Edwards (@aaron_p_edwards) February 19, 2023

That tweet brought a swift response and termination by the college. Edwards was asked to take down the tweet, which he refused.

[The issue has torn apart the Church of England, or Anglicans and/or Episcopalians as we know them in the US. The Catholic Church has similar pressures but has remained more clear and united by teaching that sexual activity must remain within sacramental marriage and that all other such activity is sinful regardless of its orientation. I wonder if even that would pass muster at Cliff College. Even apart from that, the Old Testament and the epistles of Paul make it clear that Scripture casts homosexuality as sinful; does Cliff College propose to rewrite the Bible? So much for ‘sola scriptura,’ eh? — Ed]