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==Thug Tactics==

==Thug Tactics==

In April 1998, Tatchell and a group from Outrage stormed into Canterbury Cathedral, in Kent, England, during the Easter Day service, and deliberately interrupted the sermon being given by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey. They forced their way up into the pulpit shouting slogans and displaying placards denouncing the Archbishop for upholding Christian teaching on family, marriage and sexual behaviour. They shouted that he was guilty of "discrimination" for opposing a lowering of the age of consent for male homosexual behaviour to the same as that for heterosexual behaviour (an absurd accusation since the two involve quite different physical acts, and very different outcomes). They also condemned him for continuing to uphold a child's right to have a mother and father wherever possible (instead of being fostered or adopted by same-sex couples such as [[Elton John]] and David Furnish).

In April 1998, Tatchell and a group from Outrage stormed into Canterbury Cathedral, in Kent, England, during the Easter Day service, and deliberately interrupted the sermon being given by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey. They forced their way up into the pulpit shouting slogans and displaying placards denouncing the Archbishop for upholding Christian teaching on family, marriage and sexual behaviour. They shouted that he was guilty of "discrimination" for opposing a lowering of the age of consent for male homosexual behaviour to the same as that for heterosexual behaviour (an absurd accusation since the two involve quite different physical acts, and very different outcomes). They also condemned him for continuing to uphold a child's right to have a mother and father wherever possible.

Tatchell, who has no qualifications in theology and is not a Christian, had the impudence to tell the Archbishop that his behavior was not Christian. The congregation of two thousand people shouted "Get out, get out!" After a lengthy and noisy disruption he and the group were eventually ejected from the pulpit by a police officer and stewards and placed under arrest. "A Kent Police spokesman said: "One man is in custody on suspicion of damaging a microphone on the pulpit."

Tatchell, who has no qualifications in theology and calls himself an atheist, called the Archbishop's conduct un-Christian. The congregation of two thousand people shouted "Get out, get out!" After a lengthy and noisy disruption he and the group were eventually ejected from the pulpit by a police officer and stewards and placed under arrest. "A Kent Police spokesman said: "One man is in custody on suspicion of damaging a microphone on the pulpit."

Tatchell was then charged with riotous behaviour and stood trial the following December. He was found guilty and fined the paltry sum of £18.60 plus £320 costs.

Tatchell was then charged with riotous behaviour and stood trial the following December. He was found guilty and fined the paltry sum of £18.60 plus £320 costs.

The previous year he had barged uninvited into the grounds of Lambeth Palace  to make a similar protest.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/77536.stm

The previous year he had barged uninvited into the grounds of Lambeth Palace  to make a similar protest.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/77536.stm

See also [[Pedophile Information Exchange]], [[Peter Righton]], [[Ian Campbell Dunn]]

See also [[Pedophile Information Exchange]], [[Peter Righton]], [[Ian Campbell Dunn]]

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