He told The Daily Star: “Somebody tweeted me the other day and said they wanted to kick ‘that faggy Sean’s head in and crucify the shirt-lifting vicar’. I thought: ‘Crucify?’ God, we can have a coffee first? I get a lot of stuff from right-wing Christian groups too.”
Daniel says he copes with Twitter trolls by poking fun at them. He said: “You learn to try and deflect things with humour.”
However he has had some positive reaction to the Corrie plotline from gay clergymen. He said: “I am now in touch with several gay vicars who are thankful that Coronation Street are highlighting the issue of gay clergy. Religion is not gay-friendly but with a character like mine it is opening people’s eyes. There are many gay Christians, Muslims and Catholics and it is all right to have a faith.”
Billy the Vicar will conduct the service for Deirdre's funeral tonight.
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6 comments:
"There has never been a gay wedding on the show before" - yes there has - Sophie's aborted one, and pc box-ticking should never be a reason for coming up with storylines.
I love Billy the Vicar and Sean and do hope they have a wedding. It's not about being PC, it's about reflecting the real world.
Oh my gosh....this is SO very disheartening to read about..... I am very happy that Daniel will be gracing the cobbles for another year....I hope too, that wedding bells will ring for Sean and Billy...they make a lovely couple, they do!
I am a Christian, I love Billy, he's a thoroughly decent human being. I don't want him to marry Sean though. I think they are just badly matched as a couple.
There was a gay wedding, between Sophie and Sian in 2011, although it never went ahead. Get your facts straight, Brocklebank. Despite how they never got married, it was STILL a GAY wedding!
Sorry, if an intended wedding doesn't go ahead you can't call it a wedding. Fleetingly turning up at the church does not a marriage make......the absence of vows and all that!
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