Australia next? Person fined $62,000 for ‘homophobic’ Twitter message
EDINBURGH, Scotland , - The Court of Session in Edinburgh has fined a Scottish man £40,000 ($62,020 U.S.) in damages after he sent a message on Twitter calling a lesbian same-sex "marriage" advocate "a danger to children." David Shuttleton Lesbian Jaye Richards-Hill sued David Shuttleton, an antiques dealer from Barrhead, near Glasgow, for defamation because of his remarks about her homosexual activism. Shuttleton reportedly also sent messages to First Minister Alex Salmond and Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon relating his concerns about Richards-Hill, a teacher and adviser to Education Secretary Mike Russell, Calling people who disagree with his anti-gay campaign "normalphobes," Shuttleton told the Daily Record , "It’s an absolute scandal that homosexuals have got such power in our community. It’s an absolutely scandalous abuse of our laws." While the huge award may set a precedent in cases involving alleged "homop