Litigious christian wingnut and gobshite Stephen ‘dogshit’ Green of Christian Voice faces possible bankruptcy after failing to pay the costs of the defendants in the private blasphemy case he brought against the director general of the BBC for the screening of Jerry Springer: The Opera and the producer of that same show.

In a “press release” on his its web site, Green Christian Voice spins his its persecution complex thus:

In a hearing a fortnight ago, Mark Thompson and Jonathan Thoday were awarded costs totalling £90,000 against Green, who is the National Director of the prayer and lobby group Christian Voice. The BBC’s solicitors were awarded £55,000 and Olswangs Solicitors, who acted for Thoday, got an order for £35,000.

The costs order is better than it could have been; the BBC originally demanded almost £78,000 after instructing David Pannick QC, probably the most expensive barrister they could find, while Thoday wanted over £58,000.

The money is due to be paid today, but Stephen Green doesn’t have it.

He has written to both Mark Thompson and Jonathan Thoday inviting them to waive their costs in the interests of goodwill and justice.

This of course would be the exact same goodwill and justice that Green showed towards Thompson and Thoday when he tried to have them jailed for showing a tv show that Green happens to dislike?

In the same release, Green also calls the court awarded costs vindictive, and that they should just be happy that they got away with blasphemy.

The defendant’s lawyers who are pressing this case have also threatened to follow Green’s donors who initially financed his frivolous lawsuit, but Green has responded that he would, even if he were able to remember who they were, refuse to reveal the names of these donors, and would happily perjure himself and face jail time to keep those names secret.

If he could remember them. Because he doesn’t have a clue who paid him money to take someone else to court. Because it’s so easy to forget things like this.

The release concludes:

Human Rights barrister Paul Diamond said the case raises issues under the European Convention of Human Rights about access to the courts.

Stephen Green concluded: ‘How are people with limited means expected to bring actions of public importance against public bodies or wealthy people? It is outrageous that a public-spirited individual should be dissuaded from upholding standards of public decency in a public body because of the fear of adverse, grotesque costs orders.’

What Green doesn’t seem to understand is that he lost. He lost because the case he presented was poor. Because blasphemy is a ridiculous notion. Because he can’t demonstrate any offence taken by his god (although there was plenty of self-imposed righteous indignation by proxy through Green himself). Because he’s an idiot with too much time on his hands and a loud mouth that has gotten him into trouble on more than one occasion. And this time he bit off more than he could swallow.

Besides, if his donors have money to throw away on Green’s pathetic suits, why are they so quiet now?

I believe this is called “Schadenfreude”.

Source: National Secular Society

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