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Victory as Gloucester Council apologises for stopping Christian group handing out tracts

Following the intervention of the Christian Legal Centre, Gloucester City Council has issued a statement apologising for stopping a Christian group from handing out leaflets and admitting it was wrong to stop them.

The apology follows the threat of legal action after Gloucester City Council told a group of Christians that they could not distribute Christian literature in the town’s city centre.  

The tracts were being handed out by members of at least ten city churches during ‘Bible Day Gloucester’ last month. 

But council staff prevented the leaflets from being given out on the day, claiming that the group had breached by-laws that were specific to the town. Gloucester Council has prevented the handing out of leaflets by Christians on several previous occasions.

Roland Parsons, spokesman for 'Christians in Gloucester', said:

"Christians in Gloucester believe that we have the freedom in Britain to hand out literature of a political or religious opinion to any other citizen in Gloucester."

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