{"id":3479,"date":"2008-08-02T20:20:38","date_gmt":"2008-08-02T19:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=3479"},"modified":"2012-07-10T20:23:20","modified_gmt":"2012-07-10T19:23:20","slug":"christian-witness-at-brighton-pride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/christian-witness-at-brighton-pride\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Witness at Brighton Pride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A small but dedicated group of Christians witnessed at the &#8216;gay and lesbian&#8217; &#8216;Brighton Pride&#8217; this morning. In addition, a number of evangelists mingled with the crowds, giving out Christian literature and sharing the Gospel both before and after the parade went past.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Brighton Pride&#8217; is billed as Europe&#8217;s biggest homosexual event, and is now so heavily endorsed by the establishment that the police, ambulance service, fire-fighters and local media openly joined the thousands of homosexuals and hangers-on in their annual display of sexual depravity.<\/p>\n<p>A contingent of police officers around the Christian witness and the steady rain ensured there would be none of last year&#8217;s trouble, when a number of drunken activists threw bottles and cans, most of them empty, at the Christians.<\/p>\n<p>But once again, the Chief Constable of Sussex Police gave his stamp of approval to the exhibition of lawlessness as his senior officers led the parade.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Pride.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3480\" title=\"Pride\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Pride-300x245.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Pride-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Pride.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>One local Christian observed that many of those taking part were or had been taking drugs. In addition, the ban on drinking in a public place was lifted for the duration.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Green, National Director of Christian Voice, said today: &#8216;The theme of this year&#8217;s parade was supposed to be &#8216;Pride Around the World&#8217; but you would never have guessed. It was just the same old music from the floats, the same obscene pelvic thrusts, the same parading of semi-naked flesh, the same idolatrous adulation of the male form.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The participants were, as usual, overwhelmingly white. Perhaps the funniest example of the lack of any real &#8216;around the world&#8217; involvement was the &#8216;Free Zimbabwe&#8217; float, which had not one African participant. Homosexuality, of course, is completely beyond the pale in African culture &#8211; as it was in ours until fairly recently.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A bemused populace looked on as the display of degradation went past, bringing shame and judgment on Brighton and our nation. One of our placards said &#8220;The wicked walk on every side when the vilest men are exalted.&#8221; As our rulers exalt evil, so the wickedness strengthens its grip. It is a matter of sowing and reaping. But even in the midst of wickedness, &#8220;God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.&#8221; (John 3:16)<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;May God have mercy on us.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Join Christian Voice\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?page_id=1003\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1013\" style=\"border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Join Christian Voice Today!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/join_today_button.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"136\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/uk\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_flow&amp;SESSION=zbOnPPjCHQ8dnM4QE_F_g3TAH5KBKtacyBIcjWNwPmU5rwHU0e7O1SgGX-W&amp;dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8d35d0e363192f28ea2a5d17702da0dbf0\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1026\" style=\"border-width: 0px;\" title=\"donate-paypal\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/donate-paypal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"52\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A small but dedicated group of Christians witnessed at the &#8216;gay and lesbian&#8217; &#8216;Brighton Pride&#8217; this morning. In addition, a number of evangelists mingled with the crowds, giving out Christian literature and sharing the Gospel both before and after the parade went past. &#8216;Brighton Pride&#8217; is billed as Europe&#8217;s biggest homosexual event, and is now [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homosexuality-trans"],"aioseo_notices":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Stephen","author_link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/author\/stephen\/"},"rttpg_comment":3,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/category\/homosexuality-trans\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Homosexuality &amp; Trans<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"A small but dedicated group of Christians witnessed at the &#8216;gay and lesbian&#8217; &#8216;Brighton Pride&#8217; this morning. 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