Sunday, 12 April 2009

Christian charity worker suspended for saying he did not believe in same-sex marriage

Daily Mail – April 12, 2009

A charity worker was suspended after telling a colleague about his Christian beliefs against homosexuality, it has emerged today.

David Booker, 44, was chatting about his faith with co-worker Fiona Vardy during a late shift at the hostel in Southampton, Hants on March 26.

He told her he was opposed to same-sex marriages and to homosexual clergy but denied being homophobic and said that he had homosexual friends.

The next evening, Mr Booker was suspended from his £19,000-a-year post as a hostel support worker with Society of St James where he has worked for the last four years.