Watch a BBC report about a Christian employee who was disciplined over comments he made about civil partnerships. Adrian Smith was demoted and had his salary slashed by 40 per cent because he commented on his own personal Facebook page that registering homosexual civil partnerships in churches was “an equality too far”.
Former Scottish National Party leader, Gordon Wilson, has called for a referendum on whether marriage should be redefined – Veteran SNP campaigner Alan Clayton has called for his own party’s deputy leader Nicola Sturgeon to resign over the issue — Roman Catholic Archbishop Mario Conti and The Free Church of Scotland also challenge government plans to redefine marriage — In Westminster Defence Minister Gerald Howarth has warned that David Cameron’s plan to redefine marriage is a step too far – The Home Office has opened a public consultation on whether ‘insulting’ words or behaviour should continue to be a crime – British courts were wrong to discipline Christian registrar Lillian Ladele for her stance on civil partnerships according to a consultation conducted by the Equality and Human Rights Commission — A 14 year old student from Texas was suspended from school for saying that he believed homosexuality to be wrong because of his Christian faith — and internet providers BT, TalkTalk, Sky and Virgin Media have agreed to allow new customers to choose between a connection with or without access to adult content to help parents protect children.