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Judges slam actress with $480,000 penalty for Christian beliefs
Side with theatrical company that fired her for 4-year-old Facebook post
Judges on an Employment Tribunal in the United Kingdom have ordered an actress to pay $480,000, ruling her complaint for being fired for her Christian beliefs on sexuality was unjustified.
Seyi Omooba was contracted by Leicester Curve Theatre to play the lead role in "The Colour Purple" but was fired when someone dug out a four-year-old Facebook post in which she affirmed the biblical view of homosexuality.
Before the controversy, Omooba was described by reviewers as "jaw-droppingly good," with "ferocious gospel vocals."
She sued for discrimination, and an Employment Tribunal recently heard her case.
Andrea Williams, chief executive for Christian Concern, which is linked to the Christian Legal Centre, said the Employment Tribunal "has now given its stamp of official approval to everything the Theatre and the Agency have done to Seyi."
"Moreover, the Tribunal has concluded it was unreasonable for her even to complain, and on that basis, ordered her to pay the full legal costs incurred by her opponents – estimated to be an extraordinary £350,000. The Employment Tribunal is meant to be a costs-free forum – each side bears its own costs."
She said the costs are some 15 times more than the usual tribunal case, apparently because the defendants were "so concerned about it that they hired the most expensive solicitor firms, a specialist QC and senior counsel to defend what they now try to make out was a hopeless case."
Williams said the Tribunal "joined in for good measure."
The decision, she said, exposes "the darker depths of 21st century totalitarianism."
"Where stabbing a colleague in the back is not merely within the norm, but a professional duty. Where, having once deviated in your mind from the ideological orthodoxy, you cannot trust anyone or anything: even a favorite book of your adolescence may be suddenly re-interpreted to become an indictment against you."
Williams said it should have been an open-and-shut case.
But Omooba was up against a "PR campaign" by Curve Theatre and the agency that fired her, Global Artists.
They drummed up "support from the vociferous movement of ‘LGBTQ+ and allies’, and hired aggressive heavyweight barristers to attempt a very public character assassination in the witness box."
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