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MANCHESTER, November 23, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – A court in Manchester has ruled that when Adrian Smith wrote on Facebook that he objected to government plans to create “same-sex marriage.” he was not committing an act of “ professional misconduct .” Smith, 55, a property manager in Manchester, was demoted and had his pay cut by his employers , who alleged that his comment constituted an act of “gross professional misconduct.” Smith had commented on his Facebook page that the redefinition of marriage planned by the coalition government is “an equality too far.” “The Bible is quite specific that marriage is for men and women,” Smith wrote. “If the State wants to offer civil marriages to the same sex then that is up to the State; but the State shouldn’t impose its rules on places of faith and conscience.” Adrian Smith The court ruled that Smith’s employer, Trafford Housing Trust, a branch of the local municipal government , had acted unlawfully in breaching th...

A judge has today ruled that bosses at a housing trust were wrong to demote a manager who said gay weddings in churches would be "an equality too far". Adrian Smith , a Christian, made the remark on his personal Facebook page, which was not visible to the general public, outside work time. But bosses at Trafford Housing Trust, near Manchester , took action against Mr Smith saying the comments amounted to ' gross misconduct ' and could bring the Trust into disrepute. Mr Smith went to court with the financial backing of The Christian Institute 's Legal Defence Fund, which exists to protect the civil liberty of Christians . It emerged in evidence that the Trust was worried it could lose a gay rights charter award unless it took action against Mr Smith. But today the judge, Mr Justice Briggs, said the Trust had no right to demote Mr Smith over his Facebook comments, and ruled that the Trust had breached the terms of his contract. Mr Smith says he is delighted to h...

Image via CrunchBase MANCHESTER, October 24, 2011 – A Christian property manager in England has been demoted, taken a £14,000/year pay cut and narrowly avoided the sack for commenting on Facebook that Christian churches should not be forced to participate in same-sex union ceremonies. 54-year-old Adrian Smith was declared by a tax-funded housing trust to be guilty of “ gross misconduct ” after he called allowing same-sex ceremonies in churches “an equality too far” in a Facebook comment thread. 54-year-old Adrian Smith was found guilty of "gross misconduct" by The Trafford Housing Trust. Writing on his own Facebook page, which was not accessible to anyone other than his Facebook friends, Smith had responded to a BBC news item about a controversial new law that would allow churches to conduct same-sex union ceremonies. Asked if his comment meant that he did not approve of the proposed law, Smith wrote, “No, not really. I don’t understand why people who have no faith and d...