I translated this from this article that appeared on Yagg.
All went well- almost. Dozens of people gathered Sunday February 14 at14:00, near the fountain Saint-Michel, with about thirty couples kissing at the Kiss-In against homophobia. The militants Catholic extremists, who had threatened harm to those who participated in the Kiss-In even after it was moved from in front of Notre Dame, did not show up. In a show of support, S.O.S Racism, organized a Kiss-In with about thirty couples kissing with 15:00 at the same place with high school students and militants from the Movement of Young Socialists. See our report below:
After the Kiss-in, some GLBT folks went to the square in front of Notre Dame, including the director Émiliej (interviewed in our video, before she went there). According to the homophobic site Chretiente.info, which announced the event on line, they were met by some 200 “catholics.” According to our information, women and trans people were kissing and were immediately attacked by the extremist-Catholics. They then took refuge in a bar.
Killian, 31 years, was in Notre Dame. Here his account:
“With 5 or 6 friends, we said we’d go to Notre Dame. We knew that if we went, we must really stay together. We went to the Kiss-In at Saint-Michel, then with other people that we me there, we went to Notre Dame. It happened very quickly. We gathered in the center of the square. There were approximately 70 or 80 extremists. The cops immediately found us and put themselves between us and the extremists. I wanted to wait for the cameras, but for safety’s sake, we did not have time. I left my whistle. The whole thing lasted two seconds. The extremists came at us. I received a blow to the back and I fell on the person that I kissed. Emiliej was struck by a motor bike helmet and someone else was hit in the nose. The cops intervened immediately and stopped the attackers.
It was very impressive. There were Nazis salutes. A woman howled “Get lost! You’re on our turf!” We wondered whether we should all lock arms and form a human chain. But spending two hours in the police station, with papers and our name on record, we didn’t try. Maybe we should have, I do not know.”
Here’s video from someone on the scene:
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How romantic! And in Paris of all places. Whooo! Happy V-D everyone.
This just goes to show that fundamentalists – whether they are from the sign of the cross or the crescent – are a brutal, murderous group that should be contained. The only difference between radical muslims of the kind that run the theocracy in Iran and Christian fundamentalists in the West is that, fortunately, so far, the latter did not have a chance to take over and run their own brand of theocracy.
I hope that in my own country (US), people wake up and realize that for all the anti-Muslim rhetoric from right-wing Christians here, the latter have much more in common with what they call “Islamofascists” than many people realize. IMO, the superficial hostility is more a matter of defending turf than any real difference.
If the Nazi salutes are any indication the masks are slipping, in Paris at least.