The Pope’s abysmal comments urging Catholic bishops in the UK to fight the Equality Bill with “missionary zeal” have been met with a wave of revulsion and rightly so. For the Pope, homosexuality “violates natural law”, which is why it is only natural British citizens should not have to foot the bill (£20 million) for his proposed trip to the UK. The Vatican is a wealthy establishment and there are far more deserving (not to mention beleaguered) British institutions that would benefit from that kind of money.
Fuck the Pope, use protection
So here’s another useful petition worthy of your signature, from the National Secular Society:
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to ask the Catholic Church to pay for the proposed visit of the Pope to the UK and relieve the taxpayer of the estimated £20 million cost. We accept the right of the Pope to visit his followers in Britain, but public money would be better spent on hard-pressed schools, hospitals and social services which are facing cuts.
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Signed.
well, i signed it, but with considerable misgivings, as the national secular society would, if it succeeded in all its aims, make it impossible for observant jews to live in this country, as they appear to seek to outlaw both kosher slaughter and circumcision. this i consider to be entirely incompatible with my right of freedom of religion and, practically, has the same attitude to me as hizb-ut-tahrir: i may keep my life / citizenship, but only at the price of renouncing my jewishness. how disgusting.
b’shalom
bananabrain
good to have you back faisal
will sign petition now!
Signed, and have urged my mates to sign. Not optimistic, but using my voice.
Please, how can I get this image (Nope to the Pope)? The link is broken here at your homepage.
no pope here