UPDATED: Revolt of the Volunteers
from Mailonline:
Volunteers last night accused the National Trust of trampling on their rights by making them wear gay pride badges.
Dozens of unpaid guides have quit or refused to work following the diktat to mark 50 years since the decriminalisation of homosexuality.
At least 75 volunteers at Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk are said to be in revolt over the order, which requires them either to wear the rainbow ID badges or be relegated to backroom jobs.
[…] Tory MP Andrew Bridgen said: ‘Ketton-Cremer bequeathed his house to the National Trust, not his reputation.
‘If people who wanted to join supported wearing the rainbow lanyards they’d have joined Stonewall.
‘This is virtue signalling gone mad. It’s a shame the management of the National Trust are so out of touch with the membership who support them and who we rely on.’
Ukip MEP Gerard Batten said: ‘This is politically correct nonsense gone mad. Who the hell do the National Trust think they are?
‘Why should the people who volunteer to show people around be forced to wear a badge that’s got nothing to do with their role? If half the staff have walked out it serves the trust right.’
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