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BNP activists are putting their new ‘Christian’ strategy into action by harassing church goers:

THE DEAN of Manchester Cathedral has condemned the British National Party after the extremists picketed a service at Manchester Cathedral on Sunday.

Members of the far right wing group – whose followers have been branded ‘Nazi thugs’ by political leaders – gathered outside the cathedral on Sunday with loudhailers, playing tunes like ‘Rule Britannia’ and handing out leaflets that said: ‘Judas Archbishops Betray Ordinary People’, in response to Church of England warnings that the party is divisive in the run-up to the European Parliament elections.

Shocked worshippers were met by the protesters as they filed out of the church, forcing the Dean of the Cathedral, the Very Revd Rogers Govender, to come out and confront them.

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Speaking afterwards Dean Govender, said; “Manchester Cathedral is a place of tolerance with an inclusive Christian community.

“It seems odd that the BNP, feeling threatened by these values, decided to picket an act of Christian worship with loudspeakers and offensive leaflets.

It doesn’t seem odd to me. This kind of behaviour is exactly what I’d expect from people who seem to think that Christianity is a ‘white’ religion and therefore can’t understand why most people are not in the least bit offended by a church that has black members such as Rogers Govender.