Blackpool Council is fined £109,000 for 'religious discrimination' after it removed posters for Christian festival following LGBT social media campaign over organiser's views on same-sex marriage
Evangelist Franklin Graham made stop in Blackpool for Christian event in 2018 His association placed posters on buses for the 'Lancashire Festival of Hope' But his views against same-sex marriage and homosexuality drew criticism Blackpool council later removed Graham's 'Time for Hope' advertisements But a Manchester court ruled move 'breached human rights' and ordered council to pay £109,000 in damages By William Cole For Mailonline
Published: 20:06 BST, 20 July 2021 | Updated: 20:06 BST, 20 July 2021
A council has publicly apologised after it was fined for 'breaching human rights' by removing bus adverts for an evangelical Christian event.
Blackpool borough council and its transportation provider 'discriminated on the ground of religion' by taking down posters promoting a 2018 event with evangelist Franklin Graham.
Mr Graham, the son of the late American evangelist Billy Graham, is known for his controversial views on same-sex marriage and Islam.
Ahead of an event at the town's Winter Gardens, the council removed advertisements that read 'Lancashire Festival of Hope with Franklin Graham - Time for Hope'.
Blackpool borough council has been fined £109,000 after it 'discriminated on the ground of religion' by taking down posters promoting a 2018 event with evangelist Franklin Graham
They had initially them but changed their position after a social media campaign against Mr Graham's 'offensive'
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