{"id":15338,"date":"2012-01-11T11:24:53","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T16:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=15338"},"modified":"2012-01-11T11:24:53","modified_gmt":"2012-01-11T16:24:53","slug":"uk-mayor-found-guilty-of-breaching-equality-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/uk-mayor-found-guilty-of-breaching-equality-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"UK mayor found guilty of breaching equality rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15339\" title=\"pumkins\" src=\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/pumkins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"145\" \/>It seems that in the UK even pumpkins have to be treated with the respect they deserve. You can read all about this latest troubling outbreak of pumpkinophobia \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2085181\/Baptist-mayor-refused-judge-Halloween-pumpkin-competition-glorified-Satans-angels-guilty-breaching-equality-rules.html?ITO=1490\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A Baptist mayor who refused to judge a pumpkin-carving competition because it &#8216;glorified Satan&#8217;s angels&#8217; has been found guilty of breaching equality rules.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Wilson and his councillor wife Sonja turned down an invitation to judge the event in Nuneaton, Warwickshire because of their religious beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>Councillor Wilson, who stepped down as mayor last May, said at the time that he did not think young people should take part in Halloween because it glamourises evil.<\/p>\n<p>[\u2026.]<\/p>\n<p>His comments sparked outrage from pagan groups who complained to the council that his comments were &#8216;inaccurate and likely to cause distress.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Now, Cllr Wilson, who is in his 60s, has been found guilty of three breaches of Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council\u2019s conduct for members.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems that in the UK even pumpkins have to be treated with the respect they deserve. You can read all about this latest troubling outbreak of pumpkinophobia \u00a0here: A Baptist mayor who refused to judge a pumpkin-carving competition because &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/uk-mayor-found-guilty-of-breaching-equality-rules\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[134],"tags":[2225,1547],"class_list":["post-15338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-equality-hell","tag-political-correctness","tag-tom-wilson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}