The Protest the Pope Campaign walking group in the London Pride parade on Saturday attracted a huge amount of support from the crowd. The walkers were giving out fliers and stickers, wearing Pope hats and carrying a large Protest the Pope banner.
Pepper Harow who helped to organise the group commented, ‘We were really pleased with how the day went. We gave out thousands of fliers and stickers and got a really positive reaction from the crowd. A lot of people were already against the state visit of the Pope in September and were pleased to find that there was a group that they could engage with working on the issues. Others didn’t know about the visit already and thanked us for telling them so that they could take action on it.
‘We really think that we got the message across that the Pope is not welcome on a State visit. His outspoken state policies on homosexuality, condoms, education and abortion, as well as the child abuse scandal, continue to affect the rights of millions of individuals across the world and mean that he should not be given the honour of a State visit.’
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Further comment or information from Pepper Harow on 02074624992
The Pope will be visiting the UK on a State visit from 16th-19 September.
Protest the Pope is a campaign that believes that, as a head of state, the Pope is an unsuitable guest of the UK government and should not be accorded the honour and recognition of a state visit to our country. www.protest-the-pope.org.uk