farnham HUMANISTS

Protest the Pope - SPOT the Farnham Humanists in the photos below!!!

On Saturday 18th September several Farnham Humanists joined over 15,000 others protesting against the honour of a state visit being given to the Pope and its cost to the taxpayer. The Pope, as a citizen of Europe and the leader of a religion with many adherents in the UK, should be and is, of course, free to enter and tour the country.

We also took the opportunity to protest against the Pope and his organisation's:

• cover up of child abuse - e.g. the files on abusive priests all over the world should be opened up for proper consideration by the relevant civil authorities
• condemnation of the use of contraception resulting in unwanted pregnancies, larger families and greater poverty all round the world
• condemnation of the use of condoms to protect against HIV/aids
• condemnation of medical research associated with Human fertility e.g. IVF and stem cell research
• actions against equality and Human Rights for lesbians, gay, bisexual and transgender people
• discrimination against women and denying abortion to even the most vulnerable women
• rehabilitation of the holocaust denier bishop Richard Williamson and the appeaser of Hitler, the war-time Pope, Pius XII

For the BBC write up about the protest : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11355258