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A peaceful Christian protest stood its ground in Melbourne, even after a Nazi group tried to hijack the event.
I was on the ground in Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne, where hundreds of Christians turned out to peacefully stand up for their faith and values. It was a powerful response to the shocking footage of an Islamic procession encircling St Patrick’s Cathedral earlier this month, and a direct rejection of 'woke' Archbishop Peter Comensoli’s calls not to protest.
The crowd was diverse: young, old and fired up. One 93-year-old woman told me she came because she sees Australia "going down the gurgler in every way." Others were clear in their message: They’re done being silent while their culture, faith and nation are eroded.
But not everyone was there in good faith.
Joel Davis and his neo-Nazi thugs tried to crash the event, sending a black man wearing a 'Heil Hitler' shirt to provoke Jews who were attending in solidarity. When organisers found out, they didn’t hesitate and the Nazis were loudly and publicly kicked out. Police escorted Davis and his crew away, to cheers from the crowd.
Nick Patterson, who helped organise the protest, was having none of it andneither were the hundreds of Christians in attendance. "They don't stand for what we stand for… Western civilisation is built on Judeo-Christian values," one attendee told me. "If they want to push their ideology, it’s not going to happen here."
I was on the ground in Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne, where hundreds of Christians turned out to peacefully stand up for their faith and values. It was a powerful response to the shocking footage of an Islamic procession encircling St Patrick’s Cathedral earlier this month, and a direct rejection of 'woke' Archbishop Peter Comensoli’s calls not to protest.
The crowd was diverse: young, old and fired up. One 93-year-old woman told me she came because she sees Australia "going down the gurgler in every way." Others were clear in their message: They’re done being silent while their culture, faith and nation are eroded.
But not everyone was there in good faith.
Joel Davis and his neo-Nazi thugs tried to crash the event, sending a black man wearing a 'Heil Hitler' shirt to provoke Jews who were attending in solidarity. When organisers found out, they didn’t hesitate and the Nazis were loudly and publicly kicked out. Police escorted Davis and his crew away, to cheers from the crowd.
Nick Patterson, who helped organise the protest, was having none of it andneither were the hundreds of Christians in attendance. "They don't stand for what we stand for… Western civilisation is built on Judeo-Christian values," one attendee told me. "If they want to push their ideology, it’s not going to happen here."
