Reform leaders on yet another local authority have confirmed they will withdraw financial support for the county’s ‘Pride’ event.
Durham County Council will stop funding from 2026 onwards. According to the Northern Echo, deputy leader Darren Grimes criticised the annual celebration, announcing that the money would instead be directed to what he referred to as essential services.
What gives Durham’s decision even more force is that Cllr Grimes is himself homosexual, according to his Facebook page.
This year’s event, held on 24th – 25th May 2025 in Durham City, drew thousands to promote the whole spectrum of LGBT depravity. The video is here if you can stand it. The council had ‘invested’ up to £10,000 as part of efforts to ‘boost cultural life’ in the region following its failed City of Culture bid. The Bible says of such leaders:
Rom 1:32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
The new administration has made it clear that council taxpayers’ money will now be reserved for what it deems to be core services. Transgenderism is the ‘T’ in ‘LGBT’, and deluded, wicked, activists were (wrongly) claiming ‘Trans rights are human rights’. You can sign our petition to oppose that evil here:
A move to applaud
This decision deserves recognition as a stand for fiscal responsibility and a return to essentials.
In an era when public funds are stretched, or for that matter at any time, prioritising roads and waste collection is both wise and just. Cllr Grimes said: “Our residents deserve bins emptied, roads fixed, and services funded — not more council-sponsored politics in fancy dress.”
It may indeed be argued that the Bible says the prime duty of government is to maintain security, law and order:
Romans 13:4 For he (the ruler) is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. 5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. 6 For this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
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Other councils defunding ‘Pride’
Across the country, several councils including North East Lincolnshire, Dudley, and Wokingham have reduced or removed funding for ‘Pride’ events in recent years, citing budget pressures and the need to focus on statutory services.
However, as Christian Voice reported, it took a grooming and pederasty scandal among local ‘Pride’ organisers before Surrey County Council withdrew its funding of a ‘Pride’ event held in Guildford earlier this year. Watch our video:
Some local authorities have replaced direct grants with logistical or safety support, leaving organisers to raise their own funds.
As Proverbs 22:3 says A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Prudence in governance ensures that funds are not swallowed by divisive or non-essential causes. In addition, when the state itself promotes what God has condemned, we are living in the Days of Lot.
A call for others to follow
It is time for more local authorities to follow Durham’s example. Public money should be directed towards projects that serve the whole community, not towards contested political or ideological events.
The duty of elected representatives is to steward resources wisely, ensuring that essential services are properly funded. Indeed, the witness of scripture appears to suggest that the definition of ‘essential services’ is very limited indeed. This is a subject to which we must return.
Proverbs 21:5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
Above all, our leaders need to repent of all the wickedness they have enacted, and even promoted, and return to the King of kings. Sign our petition if you agree:
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READ: Exod 18:21; Lev 18:21-23; Psalm 9:17; 144:11-15; Prov 14:34; Isa 3:9; Ezek 16:49-50; Matt 6:33, Mark 10:6-8; 1Pet 2:14
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