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Jun 08, 2007 Quickie Link: One Million Homophobic Evangelicals March in Brazil
By vanrozenheim

(Sao Paulo, Brazil) - An estimated one million evangelical Christians have marched in Sao Paulo, Brazil to protest against homosexuality just days ahead of what is billed to be the world's largest gay pride parade. Pastor Andre Fabiano shouted over truck-mounted loudspeakers: "Vade retro, Satanism! Vade retro, homosexuality!" - Get back, Satanism! Get back, homosexuality! - paraphrasing Medieval Latin exorcism amulets. Seventeen flatbed trucks carried musical bands performing live for the marchers as they snaked through the streets of Brazil's financial capital. Police estimated the number of marchers at one million.



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