Christian Voice Press Release \u2013 17.00 hrs 17th August 2012<\/p>\n
Christians welcome Pussy Riot convictions and Moscow gay parade ban.<\/p>\n
A Christian group in Britain have welcomed the conviction of members of a so-called \u2018punk band\u2019 \u2018Pussy Riot\u2019 for hooliganism motivated by religious hatred.\u00a0 Christian Voice has also welcomed the decision of Moscow City Court to ban homosexual parades and criticised the decision of the European Court of Human Rights to award damages to Russian homosexual activist Nikolai Alexeyev.<\/p>\n
Stephen Green, National Director of Christian Voice, said today:<\/p>\n
\u2018Members of ‘Pussy Riot’ mounted a foul-mouthed dance on the altar of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow.\u00a0 It was an act of blasphemy with mock prayers to the Virgin Mary.\u00a0 I don\u2019t pray to Mary, as it happens, but I can recognise an assault on the Christian Faith when I see one.<\/p>\n
‘The name ‘Pussy Riot’, if not referring to domestic pets,\u00a0presumably indicates an intention by those we might in better times describe as the fair sex indulging in acts of public disorder of an indecent nature.<\/p>\n
‘Justice should be tempered with mercy, but if a society does not want to see foul-mouthed harridans screaming obscenities in places of worship, the law has to be brought into play to act as a deterrent.<\/p>\n
‘When Charlie Gilmour swung on a flag on the Cenotaph, he was given 16 months. Gilmour hadn’t even intended to cause offence; he was just on a drug-fueled rampage, but I didn’t notice Sir Paul McCartney leaping to his defence on that occasion.<\/p>\n
‘One has the distinct impression that many of the celebs supporting Pussy Riot in Britain\u00a0are quite happy to see Christ blasphemed and a church desecrated.\u00a0 Thank God higher standards apply in other parts of the world.<\/p>\n
\u2018I am also pleased to see Moscow\u2019s ban on gay pride parades upheld.\u00a0 Here in Britain we take these aggressive, bullying displays of homosexual political muscle for granted.\u00a0 Across the West, we are becoming daily more crass and our society is disintegrating.\u00a0 It is heartening that, elsewhere in the world, vestiges of morality still remain.<\/p>\n
\u2018It is a great pity that institutions like the European Court of Human Rights feel that there is a human right to commit sodomy and to parade immorality.\u00a0 Indeed the whole concept of human rights is degraded by such decisions as awarding damages to homosexual campaigners.\u2019<\/p>\n
ENDS<\/p>\n
For further information, phone Stephen Green on 07931 490050.<\/p>\n
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