A rally organised by French ex-patriates brought more than one thousand French and British supporters of marriage into Trafalgar Square on a chilly Sunday afternoon yesterday.
The rally was timed to co-incide with a massive pro-marriage ‘manifestation’ in Paris. The Paris event was the second of his kind, the London protest the first.
Christian politician Alan Craig was invited to give a speech and accused the French President and the British Prime Minister of not listening to the people.
‘Mr Cameron likes to export democracy around the world,’ he said, ‘often with bombs and bullets’, yet he will not listen to people in his own back yard.’
A group of around 100 pro-sodomy counter-demonstrators sported rainbow flags and chanted ‘Shame on you’. They were largely ignored by the good-natured pro-marriage supporters.
A fair-sized selection of posters, flags, banners and some chanted slogans, emphasised what the protestors saw as a radical departure from the natural order in redefining marriage to include homoxsexuals.
One poster pointed out – in French and English – that we are all born from a man and a woman.
Damien Montgieux, of organising group ‘La Manif pour tous’ (‘demonstration for all’) told Christian Voice that he was happy the event had gone off peacefully.
Mr Montgieux was pleased that so many took time on their day of rest to come to London on a bitterly cold day but he observed that in Paris, on the same afternoon, 100’s of thousands marched to the Arc de Triomphe. Â There was an age difference between Paris and London as well.
‘In Trafalgar Square, the average person was middle-aged’, he told us, ‘But in France the protestors are much younger. Â The youth come out to stand up for ‘le mariage’. Â It is cool to do so.
‘I am very hopeful that in France homosexual marriage will be defeated,’ he concluded, ‘I should like to be as sure about Britain.’
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I do hope that a rally can be organized at some time in the future.
A decent amount of notice needs to be given for those who live a long way outside London, so that coaches can be orgainized and a real crowd can turn up.
I would love to have been there, but by the time I knew about it, I was committed elsewhere. Also another day than the Lord’s Day would be good.
As much as we are extremely pleased with people organising such a peaceful demonstration on such a profound issue, we must, however, agree with the editor of the ‘British Church Newspaper’, “We believe that the dishonouring of the Lord’s Day is a major cause of family instability. Evcellent though the motives of the organisers of the demonstrations in Trafalgar Square against same-sex marriage undoubtedly are, allowing the French organisers of the event to turn what remains of the British, Christian Sabbath into a continental Sunday, with all the work that such a demonstration involves for the police, transport workers and others, plus the inevitable disruption of worship, is not the kind of activity that invites God’s blessing. The end does not justify the means.”
The organisers are reported to be French and describe themselves as ‘non-religious and non-political’.
In this instance we are sorry that Christian Voice and evangelicals joined in on a Sunday, would they take note of the above and inform these organisations to change to another day (Saturday) when other supporters could be there.
‘Remember the Sabbath day to keep it Holy’ – that means all day.
Vive le mariage ! (Not la mariage).
Bien sûr. Le mariage est le mode d’organisation de la conjugalité le plus ancien et le plus universel.
I was disappointed that you said that the younger generation do not stand up for God but chase materialistic dreams.
You are perhaps very much right that the young do not stand up for godly principles enough and are far too worldly.
However, let us not forget it was the older generation that first opened this can of worms by embracing the whole liberalist movement in the 1960s. I have seen rather elderly members of the COE clergy on television espousing a very worldly ideology.
Indeed, “We are all born of one man and one woman!”
Oh Philip, I love your post! The “rather elderly” people who have messed up everything so badly are the Baby Boomers. I’m the true elderly, at 75, and absolutely disapprove of the Boomers in almost every way. Unfortunately, thry have often been successful and wealthy, hence powerful, giving us a world of abortion, gay marriage, constant war, godlessness, violence, and just general evil. I long to see you young ones take over and set things aright. Between the War II generation and the Boomers, my group never had the numbers to get their way. I hope and pray you do. Still laughing at what Boomer Hillary Clinton would say to being described as rather elderly. She is, of course, but would never face it.