UK council apologizes for censoring Franklin Graham event ads; pays over $150K in damages
July 16, 2021 | International
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association has been awarded a financial settlement and received a public apology from a British council that censored the Christan group’s ads.
Along with issuing an apology last week for pulling the ads because they opposed the evangelical group’s conservative views on LGBT issues, the Blackpool Council in Lancashire also agreed to pay damages of over $150,200 (£109,000).
Councillor Lynn Williams, head of the Blackpool Council, explained in the apology that the council accepts “that the advertisements were not in themselves offensive.”
“We further accept that in removing the advertisements we did not take into account the fact that this might cause offense to other members of the public and suggest that some voices should not be heard,” Williams added….
(Excerpts from the Christian Post)
