A High Court Judge has ruled in favour of Adrian Smith, a Housing Manager.  His employers, the Trafford Housing Trust Limited demoted him to a non-managerial position with a consequential 40% cut in his salary because of his remarks on same sex marriages in churches.

Mr Smith a practicing Christian and occasional lay preacher attends an Evangelical Church in Bolton.  On Sunday 13 February 2011, Adrian read an article on the BBC News website headed:

The UK Supreme Court dismissed an appeal from Peter and Hazelmary Bull, a Christian couple who operated a Bed & Breakfast Hotel policy that only allowed heterosexual married couples to share a double bed. A gay couple, Martyn Hall and Stephen Preddy challenged the practice and successfully sued them. The Court ordered the Bulls to pay £3,600 in damages for injured feelings.