Former magistrate sacked for views on gay adoption plans legal action

A former magistrate from Kent, who was sacked from two jobs for his views on gay adoption, says he is planning legal action against his former employers.

Richard Page lost his job as a magistrate in Sevenoaks and Maidstone for saying he thought it was "better if a man and a woman were parents" at an adoption hearing for a same sex couple.

In March, he was then fired from his position as an NHS financial director in Kent.

Mr. Page says he is being discriminated against because of his Christian beliefs.

He has announced that he will take legal action against the NHS trust and against the Secretary of State for Justice, on the ground of religious discrimination under the Equality Act 2010.

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