Feminist group hurls water, insults at archbishop

Submitted by Mastodon on Sat, 2013-04-27 18:32

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'Brussels, Belgium, Apr 24, 2013 / 04:13 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Four semi-nude feminist protestors attacked Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard of Malinas-Brussels during a recent conference on freedom of expression.

The April 18 conference took place at the Free University of Brussels and was entitled, “Blasphemy – crime or freedom of expression.”

The four women, who belong to the radical group Femen, removed their shirts and used plastic bottles similar those used by pilgrims at Lourdes to throw water at the archbishop while shouting insults and making violent gestures.
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The women painted their bodies with the phrases, “My body, my rules” and “God loves lesbians.” They also carried a sign which read, “Stop homophobia.”'

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I agree homophobia ought to be stopped. And also that as a principle, "my body, my rules" is quite correct. I just wish it were as aggressively defended as a principle by feminists, et al., as it applies to men's bodies. I haven't ever seen feminists turn out to protest infant circumcision or the discriminatory selective service system (or that it exists at all -- hard to imagine a lot more in violation of the "my body" idea than being compelled by law to be part of a military action).

And bottle-throwing? Well, I have disagreed vehemently with feminists for a long time, as well as with any number of groups of people, and have yet to start throwing things at them, nor plan to do so. It just doesn't do much to win you friends or influence people.

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Submitted by Matt on Sat, 2013-04-27 19:37