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==Christina Summers==
 
==Christina Summers==
 
City councillor for the Green Party in Brighton and Hove, she was expelled from the party in 2012 for refusing to support same-sex marriage.<ref>http://www.theway.co.uk/news-8952-christian-councillor-gets-the-sack-over-gay-marriage</ref> She was also subjected to the most vitriolic abuse by the BBC and LGBT websites, which branded her "homophobic", a "bigot" and accused her over and over again of "hatred" and "intolerance".<ref>http://www.lrcyouth.org.uk/green-councillor-joins-campaign-against-same-sex-marriage/</ref>
 
City councillor for the Green Party in Brighton and Hove, she was expelled from the party in 2012 for refusing to support same-sex marriage.<ref>http://www.theway.co.uk/news-8952-christian-councillor-gets-the-sack-over-gay-marriage</ref> She was also subjected to the most vitriolic abuse by the BBC and LGBT websites, which branded her "homophobic", a "bigot" and accused her over and over again of "hatred" and "intolerance".<ref>http://www.lrcyouth.org.uk/green-councillor-joins-campaign-against-same-sex-marriage/</ref>
Mrs Summers said she felt "let down" by the Church of England that did not "argue the Christian corner" and defend her. In the same year a ComRes poll in the UK found that by 70% to 22% there was agreement that "Marriage should continue to be defined as a life-long exclusive commitment between a man and a woman." <ref>http://conservativehome.blogs.com/localgovernment/2012/09/green-party-councillor-expelled-for-opposition-to-gay-marriage.html</ref>  
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Mrs Summers said she felt "let down" by the Church of England that did not "argue the Christian corner" and defend her. In the same year a ComRes poll in the UK found that by 70% to 22% there was agreement that "Marriage should continue to be defined as a life-long exclusive commitment between a man and a woman." <ref>http://conservativehome.blogs.com/localgovernment/2012/09/green-party-councillor-expelled-for-opposition-to-gay-marriage.html</ref>
 
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==Harry Hammond==
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Harry Hammond was a retired autistic man, aged 69, who paraded in Bournemouth town center with a placard telling people that Jesus loves them and they should repent of sins including homosexuality. In October 2001 he was attacked violently by a crowd of forty homosexual activists, who were not arrested by the police. Instead Hammond was charged with an offence against Public Order, convicted and given a massive fine. Straight afterwards, he was taken to hospital where he died. See [[Harry Hammond]].
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<ref>https://www.firstthings.com/article/2012/12/englands-repressive-tolerance</ref>
    
==See also==
 
==See also==
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