FA sued over Rainbow Laces campaign [Video]

The Football Association (FA) is facing a legal case over its support of the LGBTQ+ community through the Rainbow Laces campaign with claims that it breaches a ban on political messaging.

Newcastle United fan Linzi Smith has plans to sue the FA, saying that the wearing of rainbow armbands and laces by football players endorses “gender ideology”.

In a letter of action to the FA seen by The Telegraph, Smith’s lawyers wrote: “The Football Association has acted unlawfully by encouraging, authorising, or directing players in the Premier League to wear equipment including boot laces and armbands in rainbow colours during the ‘Rainbow Laces’ campaign.”

“Such equipment is prohibited under the [FA] rules as constituting or conveying a political message, statement or image, including because it demonstrates support for a contested political viewpoint, namely that gender ideology should be accepted and influence policy or law-making.”

Smith is now crowdfunding for the legal case, telling The Telegraph that “politics have no place in football”.

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