CHRISTIAN - Key Persons
Adrian worked as a housing manager at Trafford Housing Trust (THT) in Manchester. He said gay weddings in churches would be "an equality too far". He made the remark outside work time using his own computer on his personal Facebook page, which was not accessible to the general public. Yet managers saw fit to demote him and slash his salary by 40 per cent.
Even gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell said it was a massive overreaction, but THT refused to back down. Our Legal Defence Fund helped Adrian to take a legal action for breach of contract. The High Court ruled in favour of Adrian Smith, and THT apologised for their actions.
Dale was paid £4,000 plus costs from Cumbria Police in November 2019 in settlement after pursuing a claim for being wrongfully arrested and detained for six hours in July 2018.
The Christian Institute supported him and said the result was a positive outcome "for Christians across the country".
Mr Mcalpine says he hopes his case will encourage others: "As long as you are reasonable in your preaching you should have nothing to fear from the police."