A bid to obtain an emergency judicial review on the displaying of bus adverts in London failed in early November.
Transport for London (TfL) allowed Stonewall's bus adverts to appear on buses last year reading, ‘Some people are gay. Get over it!’ but did not allow the Core Issues Trust counter advert, ‘Not gay. Ex-gay, post-gay and proud. Get over it!’ Back in March a judge had ruled that the TfL decision was ‘inconsistent and partial’. The ads breached TfL's own guidelines. The original case is currently on appeal with a result due imminently.
Judgment ignored
However, TfL allowed the Stonewall ads to be put up for a second time in October, despite the judgment in March which said that they were offensive. It appears that the whole tenor of the original judgment was ignored by the judge reviewing the case, and Christian Concern, who have been supporting the case, have been ordered to pay costs.
