I’ve written about Marion before, here and elsewhere. You might remember her. From her crowdfunder site:

Marion Miller, a 50 year old mother of six was contacted by police on the 28th of April 2021, and was told that they wished to question her regarding complaints about Tweets she had published.

After a few months and a number of rescheduled appointments, Marion was charged on the 3rd of July 2021 with charges relating to section 127 of the Malicious Communications Act.

Marion attended court on the 31st August 2021 where she was advised shortly before appearing that the charges had been changed, and she was now charged with breach of the peace and 2 aggravation charges of homophobia and transphobia. At this time Marion made no plea.

Since then Marion has been publicly doxxed, received numerous credible violent threats against her AND HER CHILDREN, been subject to vicious smear campaigns, attacks on her business, numerous disgusting messages and the most dreadful campaign of harassment.

Marion intends to vigorously defend herself against these charges but needs your help with the legal fees.

If you’re able to help, please do.

https://marionmillar.uk/

The text doesn’t really explain the outrage that the charges against Marion should evoke. We don’t know exactly which tweets led to the charges, although we have a pretty good idea. I’m not allowed to say much about them because that would be contempt of court and might interfere with her case.

But note that neither Marion nor Twitter have removed any tweets and you can see all her tweets here. You can decide for yourself whether you think anything she said ought to be a criminal offence.

I do not. Freedom of speech is under attack in the UK and nobody has the right to not be offended. The police should absolutely not be involved and a woman should not be facing prison for what are certainly perfectly reasonable tweets. She shouldn’t have to face the threats and doxxing of her and her children. Her livelihood should not be threatened.

She shouldn’t be bullied, that is, for her beliefs, which have been ruled worthy of respect in a democratic society.

The charge that Marion is homophobic and transphobic is ludicrous. Here’s a picture of the back seat of her car when she arrived at court on 31st August. That’s Mr Menno (a gay man) and Seven Hex (a trans-identified male), who are both Marion’s friends and supporters.

Marion is being bullied for believing that sex is important, nothing more.

Support her if you can, and see if you can get this hashtag trending again.

#IStandWithMarionMillar