A Christian actress in the UK has just lost a lead role because she wrote about homosexuality, in regards to her faith, five years ago on Facebook:
Here’s more:
CBN NEWS – A young British actress is suing a UK theater company after it dismissed her from the lead role in a stage version of Award-winning play ‘The Color Purple’.
According to the BBC 25-year-old Seyi Omooba recently filed suit against the Curve Theater in Leicester and Global Artists in London for breach of contract and religious discrimination.
The Christian actress was cast in the lead role of Ceile, but just one day later she was terminated because of a Facebook post she made in 2014 about homosexuality.
In the Facebook post Omooba makes the critical mistake of saying homosexuality is WRONG:
Actually it’s a pretty great post if you ask me. It’s not insulting or derogatory in the least. And she’s right too, that as Christians we need to not only love, but also to tell the truth about it.
But for this opinion she was fired from the lead role in this play and now she’s suing on the basis of religious discrimination and breach of contract.
According to CBN News, the character she was playing had a lesbian relationship in the play. The theater released a statement
In a statement, the theater said, “The comments made by Seyi have caused significant and widely expressed concerns both on social media and in the wider press. Following careful consideration, it has been decided Seyi will no longer be involved with the production.”
Omooba explains that she’s been blacklisted by the entire theater industry:
Omooba says she is shocked by what has taken place.
“I was quite taken aback. I was like ‘wow, people really think I hate them?'” she commented.
“People were calling me ‘homophobic’ and then I started getting calls from the producers saying something like I should retract the statement or what I posted or say sorry for what I posted.”
Omooba has reportedly tried to find work in theater but has apparently been blacklisted. According to the Christian Legal Centre, which is representing her, one agency she approached for roles told her that: “Homophobia is illegal. It is not a matter of faith,” and added that the agency would help her once she came “to her senses on this matter.”
“I never thought it would get this far in terms of termination,” said Omooba. “In terms of me losing an agent. I’ve been trying to email agents. Trying to get work and there’s just no response.”
“Homophobia is illegal. It is not a matter of faith.” – This is how pathetic and fascistic western culture has become, that disagreeing with homosexuality would be called ‘homophobia’ and ‘illegal’ by those who seek to silence Christians.