Gordon Lindhurst MSP received a letter in January from Aileen Campbell, a Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary, stating that the government would not be reusing posters which contained messages implying that Christian belief amounted to ‘hate’.
The posters, intended to tackle ‘hate crime’, were displayed in all Scottish cities in October 2018 and carried the logos of Police Scotland and the Scottish Government. One poster read: ‘Dear Bigots, You can’t spread your religious hate here. End of Sermon. Yours, Scotland.’
Barnabas Fund made a formal complaint to Police Scotland who investigated themselves and concluded that there was no case to answer. A second complaint, on the handling of the first complaint, has been lodged.
