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Czech archbishop sharply criticizes gay pride festival
Aug 11, 2011, 12:26 GMT
Prague - Amid ongoing controversy, the archbishop of Prague on Thursday sharply criticized a five-day gay pride festival taking place in the Czech capital, saying it 'propagates an unbridled lifestyle.'
In a letter, archbishop Dominik Duka called on Prague mayor Bohuslav Svoboda to withdraw the city's endorsement of the 'Prague Pride' event that opened Wednesday and runs through Sunday.
The programme showed that the event was not about 'tolerance and the rights of a minority but rather propagates an unbridled lifestyle that is not responsible, worthy or beautiful,' Duka charged.
Such events only serve to destabilize society, the archbishop added.
His comments follow other remarks against the gay pride event including President Vaclav Klaus calling it 'unfortunate' and a Klaus staff member using the term 'deviant.'
The controversy took on an added diplomatic dimension after the ambassadors of 13 European Union countries defended the gay pride event against such attacks. Klaus accused the ambassadors of 'intervening in an internal debate' in the Czech Republic.
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