Protestors to Pope: Equality Doesn't Stop World Peace

In Pope Benedict's message for the World Day of Peace, he included marriage equality among a list of things stopping the spread of peace.



Not far from where the Pope offered his weekly prayers, a small group of protestors objected to his antigay version of "peace" and generated headlines worldwide.

The group of little more than 15 activists, according to the AAP, were reacting to Pope Benedict's annual message on Friday issued for the World Day of Peace that this time included same-sex marriage among a list of threats to peace. The group held signs reading "Talk About Love" and "Homophobia = Death," among others.

Not only does the AAP report that the group was blocked from getting into St. Peter's Square, where thousands gathered for Advent celebrations and to hear the Pope speak, but also the Associated Press reports that some of the placards were confiscated by police.

"Gay unions don't harm peace. Weapons do," was among the central message of the group's signs, according to Reuters, which also reported on the protest. The AAP, AP and Reuters news agencies sent the story and photographs to numerous outlets worldwide because they are relied on by so many other news organizations.

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Speaking of world peace, letting people slide by using pejorative terms adds to more discourse than world peace not to even mention what it does to bolster the bullies. Enablers plus the ones that keep quiet about the one's that do, are no better.