Lawrence Khong, senior pastor of anti-gay group Faith Community Baptist Church and detained radical islamist Zulfikar Shariff are both admins of anti-gay Facebook page, according to screen grab.
Khong has repeatedly urged the government to retain its colonial-era anti-gay sex law and championed the LoveSingapore network of churches to lobby against gay equality in Singapore. He once called the LGBT rights movement the 'onslaught of the evil one.'
Lawsuit is part of a wider push by the LGBT community to use the courts to seek fairer treatment under the law where same- sex relations was illegal until 1997
The Court of Appeal has accepted Tan Eng Hong's application to have his and another parallel case filed by Gary Lim and Kenneth Chee, both of which challenge the constitutionality of Singapore's anti-gay sex law, to be heard together.
Barilla, one of the best known pasta brands around the world, has found itself in hot water after its president said in an interview this week that the company wouldn't feature same-sex couples in his commercials because he prefers the "classic" family.