Christian CEO Bullied For His View On Same-Sex Marriage

Case information
Incident date
Country
United Kingdom
Place
Glasgow
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Morals
Societal Sphere
  • Workplace
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Other (text field)
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Defamation
  • Freedom of Religion
  • Negative Stereotyping
Place of Incident
  • Business
Bias Indicators
  • Victim/Witness Perception
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated

An employment tribunal told on December 16th, that a CEO was exposed to bullying, hostility and harassment because of his christian view on same-sex marriage. Kenneth Ferguson files his former employer, the Robertson Trust for unlawful termination, discrimination and religious harassment. He claims that the Trust's chair, Shonaig Macpherson, became "incandescent with anger" after she found out that the Stirling Free church was hiring a Trust property. Mr Ferguson is an elder and treasurer of the Stirling Free church, which is opposing same-sex marriage and abortion.