Vicar accuses Yorkshire Building Society of ‘bullying’ for closing his account
July 1 | Posted by mrossol | Cancel Culture, LGBT, Losing FreedomSource: Vicar accuses Yorkshire Building Society of ‘bullying’ for closing his account over trans protest
An Anglican vicar has slammed Yorkshire Building Society for closing his account after he accused them of promoting gender ideology.
Rev Richard Fothergill, a longstanding customer with the building society, wrote to them in June to complain about their public messaging during Pride month.
Rev Fothergill, 62, says within four days, he received a reply telling him that his internet savings account would be closed, The Times reports.
Rev Fothergill, of Windermere, Cumbria, said: ‘I wasn’t even aware that our relationship had a problem. They are a financial house – they are not there to do social engineering. I think they should concentrate their efforts on managing money, instead of promoting LGBT ideology.
‘I know cancel culture exists and this is my first first-hand experience of it. I wouldn’t want this bullying to happen to anyone else.’
Rev Richard Fothergill, a longstanding customer with Yorkshire Building Society, wrote to them in June to complain about their public messaging during Pride month
Rev Fothergill says within four days, he received a reply telling him that his internet savings account would be closed
The retired vicar insists his observations were a polite rebuttal of transgenderism, in response to material on YBS’s website.
But the building society wrote it has a ‘zero tolerance approach to discrimination’ and their relationship with the customer had ‘irrevocably broken down’.
Rev Fothergill, who no longer serves a parish but founded the Filling Station evangelical network online, wrote his letter on June 18 in response to a monthly email from YBS asking for feedback.
He says he penned a couple of paragraphs objecting to trans ideology — the concept of a gender identity separate from the body — being relayed to children.
He said: ‘I was polite all the way through. I was pointing out that they are a financial house – surely they should just be worrying about…
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