Christians may be sued over Little Britain posters

[Kate Thomas]

Christians may be sued over Little Britain posters

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-5402.html

10th September 2007 11:31
Tony Grew



An attempt by Christians to 'reach out' to young people has led to threats of legal action from lawyers representing the interests of gay comedian Matt Lucas and his fellow comics David Walliams and Catherine Tate.

A major supplier of religious publicity materials, Christian Publishing and Outreach, used catchphrases from Little Britain and The Catherine Tate Show in a series of posters that also carried Bible quotations.

Both programmes play on gay stereotypes, and Mr Lucas is openly gay and an advocate for LGBT rights