I gave a sermon on LGBT issues. Now I’m stuck in a time loop of legal battles

After winning his appeal this week, Rev Bernard Randall says his ongoing fight for freedom of speech and religious belief is not exclusive to him, but has major implications for all Christians

It is not unusual in science fictions stories involving time travel for the protagonist to be stuck in a time loop – personal history repeating itself over and over, with no obvious way out. Usually however the main character gets out, able to resume a normal life, often leaving the villain inside the loop, never to trouble the “real” universe again. 

I wonder if I am going to be stuck in such a loop. My clock has just been reset to 2021. When I was previously facing the circumstances I face now, awaiting a date for my case to be heard in the Employment Tribunal. I lost my job as chaplain of a Church of England school, Trent College near Nottingham, because of…