The chairwoman of a poverty relief charity interrupted and humiliated its chief executive because of his religiously motivated views on same-sex marriage, an employment tribunal was told.
Kenneth Ferguson, an elder and treasurer with the Free Church of Scotland, is suing the Robertson Trust for unfair dismissal, religious discrimination and religious harassment and is said to be seeking about £75,000.
He accuses Shonaig Macpherson, the chairwoman, of shunning and undermining him after learning that its conference venue had been booked by the Stirling Free Church, which opposes gay weddings.
The charity is the largest independent grant-making trust in Scotland, giving away about £20 million a year. It distributes dividends from its controlling stake in Edrington,which owns the whisky brands Macallan and the Famous Grouse.
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