Pro-life stall thrown out of country show

Jul 23, 2018 by

from SPUC:

Life is considering legal action after the charity’s exhibits at the Lambeth Country show were removed.

Life had applied in January to have a charity stall at the show, and their exhibits focused on scientific images of life in the womb and promoting their counselling services. They say that “on Saturday we had a successful day with many positive responses. However as the evening progressed, a few people became aggressively vocal about our stall and challenged us on our prolife position.”

Against council’s “values”

Their press release continues: “On arrival Sunday morning, we found our marquee and all of our possessions taken down and completely removed from Life’s pitch. A member of staff said we had to leave the site as soon as possible. Despite having our contact details we were not consulted prior to the organisers taking this action. The organisers told us the decision had not been made by them but by Lambeth Council. They would not give us an exact reason for the action but did say that Life was against the values of Lambeth Council and was not in line with the causes the council has been funding and supporting. However they were then unable to tell us what those values were.”

Life refutes councillor Davie’s claims that they were not allowed to exhibit by stating: “This is a complete fabrication as we are able to provide confirmation of our official booking, payment and presence on the exhibitor list.”

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