The tribunal did not uphold claims for direct discrimination and unfair dismissal. The school received three formal letters of complaint – one claiming he had called for ‘violence against people who support the Pride Festival’. Mr Waters, who founded the New Connexions Free Church in Ely in 2007, made the tweet in June 2019 – the month Cambridge was hosting its first ever Pride event. He added: ‘I took legal action, not because I wanted to sue the school but because what happens to me goes to the heart of what it means to be free to preach the gospel in the UK.’ After the ruling, Mr Waters said it was ‘an important win for our freedom to speak the truth of the gospel without fear of losing our jobs’.
