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Anglicans Fail to Scare Away Arts Festival Attendees With Tales of Peter Tatchell Abusing Their Kids

The 36-year-old annual arts festival Greenbelt, held in each year in England, regularly attracts popular Christian and mainstream music acts. Oh, and The Gays. This year it’s activist Peter Tatchell, who will give a talk. Last year it was American Bishop V. Gene Robinson. All of which means the Anglican Mainstream, the Church of England’s conservative cheerleading section, wasted breath demanding good Christians boycott the festival, because ew, gays! But for this weekend’s event, the Anglicans are being ignored, and Greenbelt activists aren’t caving to their demands; Tatchell remains on the docket. All this, despite the Anglican Mainstream’s Dr. Lisa Nolland warning religious types that by inviting Tatchell, Greenbelt put child attendees at risk of sexual abuse. The scandal has paid off: Ticket sales this year have increased.

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