22/09/2021
Since at least the nineteenth century, aggressive preaching has been illegal in the UK, even during more religious periods than at present. Newswire Pink News reports that on August 29th, a forty year old fundamentalist Christian was detained after shouting and haranguing shoppers going about their lawful and peaceful business in Briggate, a major shopping thoroughfare in Leeds. The man, who referred to unmarried women as “whores” and reeled off long lists of people who according to him were bound for hellfire in a handbasket, including pagans, atheists, Jews, non believers and homosexuals, was led away by two police officers and was captured still screaming in religious fervour by a local television station. LGBTQIA and womens activists were delighted to note that before his arrest, the man had been surrounded by a large group of ordinary Leeds residents who told him his extreme religion and his homophobic, misongynist views were not wanted in the city.
