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Ironically, this will actually raise the total cost of his visit, due to the extra policing and so forth.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Fri 27 Aug 2010, 17:54, 2 replies)

There is a way this would save money
If he gets arrested on Day 1, then he'll be as safe as houses and we can redeploy the money to something worthwhile.
( Amish Information Systems hates misplaced, commas, Fri 27 Aug 2010, 22:07, closed)

It's true.
Best way for people to express their opprobrium, which I share, is to ignore the visit entirely. I mean, if you're going to have a real go at killing him then crack on, otherwise your sexy placards aren't actually going to change anything.

Catholicism in the UK is a minority religion and the very few Catholics that do abide absolutely by its precepts (ie anti-gay, anti-birth-control etc etc.) can be numbered in their thousands. You're not really going to change their entrenched views, however loudly Pete Tatchell shrieks.
(Happybara The jungle came alive and took him, Fri 27 Aug 2010, 22:45, closed)

Depending on how you measure it
teh Catholics are the largest religion membership in the UK, yes still a minority, but something like 20-30%. Similar situation in the US where they are the largest denomination by membership. And yeah, like most christian churches, they aren't fans of teh gay or abortion.
I'm not a fan of religion, but sometimes I feel though, that at least some of the anti-catholic sentiment is good old religious predujidice. The Catholics weren't treated well post reformation for a very long time, anti-catholic laws staying on the books well into the 19th C.
Sure, protest the Pope (the current one seems more of a dick than usual), but don't think that the Catholic church has a monopoly on silly religious beliefs that cause harm. Take the time out to protest the next visit by the Dalai Lama, as well.
( Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Sat 28 Aug 2010, 19:12, closed)

Protest the Pope
The clue is in the name. We're not protesting Catholicism (or at least I'm not, anyway).

The Pope is quite welcome to visit, but should be subject to the same laws as the rest of us, and most especially should not expect us to pick up the tab.

Is the Dalai Lama accused of covering up widespread systematic child abuse within his ranks? Not that I know of. If he was, I'd quite happily protest a state-sponsored visit by him, too.
( Amish Information Systems hates misplaced, commas, Mon 30 Aug 2010, 11:19, closed)