Gays Stage ‘Kiss-In’ to Protest Pope

While thousands of young people gather in Rio de Janeiro this week to celebrate World Youth Day with Pope Francis for the very first time, gay rights activists can’t wait to welcome the pontiff to Brazil – with an offensive gay “kiss-in.”

The obscene protest is scheduled for July 25, during the speech Pope Francis will give on Copacabana beach. Gay couples will meet there and kiss each other on the lips to demonstrate their opposition to the Church’s stance on homosexuality and gay marriage.

Huffington Post spotlighted the “kiss-in” or “beijaco,” along with a feminist “Slut Walk” also planned as a protest at WYD, while lamenting that, “though a reformer in many respects,” the Pope “cleaves to traditional church doctrine on the gay marriage issue.”

US News also noted that the so-called “Slut Walk,” a staged parade of scantily-clad women carrying offensive signs, is intended by its organizers to be a protest against the “control of female sexuality.”

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