A Church of Scotland minister who heckled Jeremy Corbyn by shouting he was a “terrorist sympathiser” posted a range of homophobic and Islamophobic messages on social media, it has been revealed.
Reverend Richard Cameron interrupted the Labour leader as he spoke to the media outside a campaign event in Glasgow on Wednesday morning.
The reverend, a minister at nearby Scotstoun Parish Church, asked Mr Corbyn why he was not “wearing a Jihadi scarf” and whether he would “invite terrorists to the House of Commons” after he was elected.
But it has now emerged Rev. Cameron posted a series of racist and homophobic Tweets decrying homosexuals as “celebrating perversion” and claiming Muslim children who convert to Christianity are “killed” by their parents.
In one message responding to a video on the climate emergency posted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rev Cameron asks: “Any chance you might ban gay priests?”
Another, posted in response to a BBC Sport story featuring an interview with Welsh rugby star Gareth Thomas on his HIV diagnosis, reads: “If we hadn’t removed the stigma of gay sex, this tragedy would never have happened.”
Posting under the username @thebiblestrue, Rev Cameron criticises the Church of Scotland for allowing married gay couples into the ministry, branding it a “dreadful state of affairs”.
He also brands the full face veil worn by some Muslim women as “oppressive and un-British”.
A Church of Scotland spokeswoman said: “There has been significant concern raised today about the comments made by Rev Richard Cameron and his social media use.”
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“At this stage all we can say is that there is a formal complaints process and that any complaints we receive in relation to this matter will be taken seriously and addressed.
She added: “We do deplore any comments which are Islamophobic or homophobic.”
“The Church of Scotland works closely with our Islamic neighbours and the General Assembly has taken a strong position and said formally that we decry homophobia in any form."
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