Condom Protest For Pilgrim March

[cappie]

PILGRIMS will be handed condoms en route to the papal Mass at Randwick racecourse for World Youth Day as part of a protest against the Pope's views on homosexuality, contraception and abortion.

NoToPope, a coalition of religious, atheist, gay and lesbian groups will hold a rally in Taylor Square from midday on Saturday, July 19. Protest organisers expect between 1000 and 5000 people.

The Mass will be on July 20, after an overnight vigil.

While the groups want the protest to be peaceful, they say they cannot guarantee there will be no confrontations with police or pilgrims. "We will say to them, 'take up the campaign within the Catholic Church to promote condoms'," said Rachel Evans, from Community Action Against Homophobia.

"We're not planning to get into any trouble, we don't want to condemn Catholic youth for being Catholics. We want to condemn the Pope for being homophobic and 'anti-condom'.

"We think Catholic youth are social justice-minded, we think they are taking up issues against poverty and world debt and we want to engage with them on the key question for the day for people in Third World countries, the health issue, which is HIV/AIDS."

Ms Evans, 33, whose father was a Uniting Church minister, said the coalition would notify police of its route but she feared the NSW Government would be heavy-handed with protesters.

Karl Hand, the pastor of the 200-strong Metropolitan Community Church, said he hoped Sydney's gay and lesbian community would show only love to pilgrims and police but he would not be surprised if confrontations occurred. He said the Catholic Church misrepresented Christianity and was "uncompassionate towards people who need condoms, abortions, recognition of their relationship".

Other groups in the NoToPope Coalition include the Socialist Alliance, Resistance and Atheists Sydney.

[Nihil Obstat]

Would it be wrong to throw the condoms back at them? Maybe aim at their heads?

[Noel's angel]

Make them in to water balloons and throw them back. Or give them a copy of Humanae Vitae for every condom they give you.

[-I---Love]

I hope that all of our pilgrims completely ignore them, for that would be the worst response they could get. If you don't accept the condom, they can't give it to you.

Edited June 24, 2008 by -I---Love

[MissScripture]

[quote name='-I---Love' post='1581984' date='Jun 24 2008, 06:14 PM']I hope that all of our pilgrims completely ignore them, for that would be the worst response they could get. If you don't accept the condom, they can't give it to you.[/quote]
I tried that with the Gideon bibles...guess who ended up getting a Gideon bible? Oh, me!

[Maria Faustina]

Do they know the Pope's stand on these matters is in the Bible, so they are also Jesus' stand, not just personal preferences? Man if they tried to give me one, I think I would actually throw it back at their face!

[picchick]

Um.....

I think that they are using the term homophobic wrongly...

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='picchick' post='1582024' date='Jun 24 2008, 06:29 PM']Um.....

I think that they are using the term homophobic wrongly...[/quote]
Try telling the human rights commision in Canada.

[picchick]

Yeah I know it....it drives me crazy.

[IrishSalesian]

[quote name='cappie' post='1581932' date='Jun 24 2008, 07:42 PM']PILGRIMS will be handed condoms en route to the papal Mass at Randwick racecourse for World Youth Day as part of a protest against the Pope's views on homosexuality, contraception and abortion.

NoToPope, a coalition of religious, atheist, gay and lesbian groups will hold a rally in Taylor Square from midday on Saturday, July 19. Protest organisers expect between 1000 and 5000 people.

The Mass will be on July 20, after an overnight vigil.

While the groups want the protest to be peaceful, they say they cannot guarantee there will be no confrontations with police or pilgrims. "We will say to them, 'take up the campaign within the Catholic Church to promote condoms'," said Rachel Evans, from Community Action Against Homophobia.

"We're not planning to get into any trouble, we don't want to condemn Catholic youth for being Catholics. We want to condemn the Pope for being homophobic and 'anti-condom'.

"We think Catholic youth are social justice-minded, we think they are taking up issues against poverty and world debt and we want to engage with them on the key question for the day for people in Third World countries, the health issue, which is HIV/AIDS."

Ms Evans, 33, whose father was a Uniting Church minister, said the coalition would notify police of its route but she feared the NSW Government would be heavy-handed with protesters.

Karl Hand, the pastor of the 200-strong Metropolitan Community Church, said he hoped Sydney's gay and lesbian community would show only love to pilgrims and police but he would not be surprised if confrontations occurred. He said the Catholic Church misrepresented Christianity and was "uncompassionate towards people who need condoms, abortions, recognition of their relationship".

Other groups in the NoToPope Coalition include the Socialist Alliance, Resistance and Atheists Sydney.[/quote]

Is there a source for this?

[Vincent Vega]

Homophobic is a term that closed-minded, often irreligious people use to describe people who don't endorse sodomy. Quite frankly, it's getting old. I have gay friends and family, and I love them because they're people; I'm really not afraid of homosexuals at all because of what most of them do in their bedrooms.

[havok579257]

So KKK's, black mitans, anti-american's should be allowed to voice their opinion and say what they want but when a religious figure says something they are considered horrible. Seriously, this is just pathetic.

The pope under human and USA law is allowed to say what he wants. The church is allowed to say what it wants.

Its funny, these people are pissed because the pope and the catholic church does not embrace their way of life, so their solution, force us to accept their way of life. Why can't they accept our way of life?

Its not like the pope is telling us to kill, murder and hurt gays and lesbians. Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs. Us just as much as them

Edited June 25, 2008 by havok579257

[IrishSalesian]

Ok, if you are gay, keep it to yourself. We dont want to know.

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='havok579257' post='1582211' date='Jun 24 2008, 08:18 PM']Its funny, these people are pissed because the pope and the catholic church does not embrace their way of life, so their solution, force us to accept their way of life. Why can't they accept our way of life?[/quote]
The ironic thing: They're pissed at us because we don't accept 'alternative lifestyles', because we're 'prejudiced', and 'discriminatory', but I'd say that every single one of those things can be applied to them as well.
Alternative lifestyle: They won't accept our viewpoints on sexual morality, and continuously opine that we're wrong in every possible way.
Prejudiced: Catholics are homophobic? Need I say more?
Discriminatory: How many times have you been judged negatively for doing something associated with Catholics? As soon as you're identified as Catholics, it's open season to attack you based on any of the above, and far more.

[Alycin]