Gary McFarlane, a 48 year-old Relate counsellor from Bristol, was sacked after refusing to work with same-sex couples.
He challenged his dismissal at the Court of Appeal, arguing that forcing him to go against what he sees as the Bible's teaching represented religious discrimination.
However, Lord Justice laws dismissed the legal challenge and condemned any attempt to seek protection for beliefs under the law as "irrational" and "capricious". He claimed that doing so could set Britain on the road to a "theocracy", a religious autocracy. [Really? You really had to explain what a theocracy is?]
Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, wrote to the judge warning of a tide of discrimination against Christians that threatened "civil unrest".
Mr McFarlane said that his treatment was "without a doubt" an example of Christians being persecuted in modern Britain.
He had given relationship advice to homosexual couples in the past. But in 2006, after he qualified as a psychosexual therapist, he told his employers that he did not feel able to give sex therapy advice to homosexuals. Fellow counsellors claimed his views were homophobic, and in March 2008 he was sacked.
A Christian bed and breakfast owner was threatened with legal action for turning away a homosexual couple in March 2010.
Susanne Wilkinson told the two men that it went against her religious convictions to let them share a double room at the Swiss B&B in Cookham, Berks. Michael Black and John Morgan plan to sue for discrimination under Sexual Orientation Regulations.
Chris Grayling was criticised for saying that bed and breakfasts run by Christians should be allowed to turn away homosexual couples.
Government's Sexual Orientation Regulations which forced Catholic adoption agencies to consider gay couples as potential adoptive parents.
Dr Sheila Matthews, a Christian doctor, was told she would be removed from a council's adoption panel because she refuses to recommend cases involving homosexual couples.
The paediatrician was told that her stance meant she could no longer sit on Northamptonshire county council's panel because it conflicted with its equal opportunities policies.
She said she simply wanted to abstain from decisions involving same-sex couples seeking to adopt because to do otherwise would contradict her Christian beliefs.
A Christian nurse lost her case of religious discrimination against the hospital trust that employed her. Shirley Chaplin, a 54-year-old grandmother, was taken off wards and moved to a desk job after refusing to remove the crucifix that hangs around her neck. In April 2010 she was told by an employment tribunal that wearing the cross raised health and safety concerns and was not a "mandatory requirement" of the Christian faith.
She had the support of a number of bishops who claim that Christians are being persecuted in an increasingly secular society.
After the judgment Mrs Chaplin said that every Christian would now be afraid to reveal their beliefs at work, adding: "This is a very bad day for Christianity."
Truck Driver: Employer, you should pay me for not doing my job.
Employer: Actually, I think I'm going to fire you for refusing to drive my truck.
Truck Driver: But how can I possibly drive that truck when driving trucks goes against my religious beliefs? You prepare for lawsuit now.
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