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May 06, 2007
Quickie Link: Gays to Protest Pope's Visit to Brazil
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By vanrozenheim
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(Brazil) - The Gays of Bahia Group, the largest and oldest gay-rigths group in Brazil, said it will demonstrate at the Cathedral of Salvador in the state capital, and publicly burn official church pronouncements criticizing homosexuals. It would also burn images of the pope as form of recalling the epoch of the Inquisition. The group said the cathedral property was used to torture and murder homosexuals during the colonial period, when the Catholic church judged them as "heretics" for violating its dogma. The organization's president, Marcelo Cerqueira, said the Vatican's policies "heighten hatred and homophobia," and noted that a homosexual is killed every two days in Brazil, often by stabbings and gunshots.
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