We were blacklisted by the National Trust, say couple who resigned after being forced to wear gay pride badges

Sep 15, 2017 by Jill

by Andrew Levy, Mailonline:

A couple claim they were blacklisted by the National Trust after they resigned from a property where volunteers were ordered to wear gay pride badges.

Bob and Linda Gates worked for 14 years at Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk until the furore over the rainbow-coloured lanyards and the controversial ‘outing’ of its last squire.

When they offered their services to nearby Blickling Hall instead, they waited more than a fortnight for a response before being told there were no ‘opportunities’ available.

Yet the day before the rejection, the trust confirmed there were vacancies – to a fake applicant with no experience invented by Mr Gates, 75, when he became suspicious of the delay.

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