Rival Popes face off in Sydney - police step in
July 4th 2008 07:38
http://www.popealice.com
Pope Benedict and Pope Alice will go head-to head during the World Youth Day all-night vigil in Sydney.
Pope Benedict will conduct an all-night vigil on 16th July, while Pope Alice, the extraterrestrial spiritual leader from Mu, will counter with a kiss-in at Taylor Square.
It's worrying news for the organisers of World Youth Day, already in trouble, with pilgrim registrations running at around 50% of target and hotel occupancy down to around 30%. The church has been forced to hold off signing a bond for potential damage to Hyde Park, trying to offload the costs onto the city or state government.
Now comes this new blow as the so-called 'Pink Pope' musters her supporters for a mass kiss-in to draw pilgrims away from her Roman rival.
Pope Alice, aka Brisbane performance artist Luke Roberts, told Sydney Star Observer that with all of those sexually frustrated pilgrims focused in one place it would be an opportune time to stage a large-scale display of gay and lesbian love.
" I would love to see this grow from a kiss-in to a love-in," he said. "I think it’s important that it is GLBT in origin though I would love to see anyone and everyone getting involved."
Pope Alice is calling for volunteers to lend a hand to organise a striking demonstration of real love to counter the homophobia represented by Benedict.
To get more info or to offer your services, email popealice@gmail.com.
UPDATE
It seems the NSW police have been reading our blogs: they have called Pope Alice to ask exactly how she plans to annoy Catholics during World Youth Day - see here..
Paul Harris of Acceptance Sydney, a group for GLBTI Catholics, also had a call from police. World Youth Day organisers had wanted him to abandon a forum he has organised for Catholic Youth during WYD.
Gay Brisbane artist Luke Roberts, who created the artistic persona "Pope Alice" in the 1970s, said "He was very polite and respectful but it was a long conversation," Mr Roberts said. "No one wants to get a call from the police, do they? You immediately wonder whether the police are listening in to your phone line."
Special laws have been passed for the event allowing police to clamp down on people causing an "annoyance or inconvenience" to World Youth Day participants and issue fines of up to $5500.
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