Tuesday, January 19, 2010

There was a protest at the annual homosexual march yesterday in Belfast.

There was a protest at the annual homosexual march yesterday in Belfast.Free Presbyterian Church members were among those who staged a protest over the event outside the city hall. Ian Paisley past Moderator of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster preaches against homosexuality and supports laws criminalising its practice. Intertwining his religious and political views, "Save Ulster from Sodomy" was a campaign launched by Paisley in 1977, in opposition to the Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform (Northern Ireland), established in 1974. Paisley's campaign sought to prevent the extension to Northern Ireland of the Sexual Offences Act 1967 which had decriminalised homosexual acts between males over 21 years of age in England and Wales. The campaign failed when legislation was passed in 1982 as a result of the previous year's ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Dudgeon v United Kingdom.However, in 1988, when Pope John Paul II delivered a speech to the European Parliament, Paisley shouted "I Denounce you as the AntiChrist!" and held up a red poster reading "Pope John Paul II ANTICHRIST" in black letters. John Paul continued with his address after Paisley was ejected from the hemicycle by fellow MEPs. This was all to do with the Roman Catholic belief in transubstantiation, and idolatrous abuses.I agree with the Free Presbyterian Church who had these good men and women protesting against the homosexuals in Belfast. It is a pity there are differences in opinion with that church, in the theological definition of transubstantiation, and that of worshiping false idols.The bread and wine has special significance in the holy mass because Jesus told us to remember him in this way, so it empowers when we receive him. The statues in Roman Catholic Churches are there to remind us of Jesus, Mary, Joseph, the Apostles and all the Saints, we don’t worship the statuette. Since about the year 100 Christian Art has been produced alongside its writings, it is beautiful, nobody is being AntiChrist in the Roman Catholic Church just by having a Christian painting, mosaic or a statue. It is the allurement of the serpent who is the devil.

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