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Being an arsehole in the name of the Lord

Posted by Tim on Monday, February 21, 2005 | View Comments (69)
 

Christian Voice is an organisation I've been keeping a close eye on. They're the fundamentalist group who opposed so strongly the recent BBC screening of Jerry Springer : The Opera due to its "blasphemous" content - presumably without realising that a. blasphemy is a victimless crime and b. no-one was actually forcing them to watch the thing (I've written about this on my other blog here).

Now they have bullied a cancer charity into refusing a £10000 donation because the "tainted money" was raised at a charity performance of the opera [news story in the Independent].

When I heard about this I was speechless. I still don't quite know what to say ... I mean, what a bunch of utter, utter bastards. Fundamentalists are not just irritating, closed minded fools - they're dangerous.

UPDATE 24/02/05:   MediaWatchWatch - a good site to check up on what Christian Voice (and other similar groups) are up to.