[GJM] St George Multicultural Icon :-)

[Nick St Clare]

From: *Peter Tatchell*
St George -- Multicultural icon
Rebel against Roman tyranny
Human rights defender

London and Oxford -- 23 April 2008

"St George's Day should be a national holiday in England. We should
celebrate St George as a symbol of freedom, dissent and
multiculturalism," says human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell.

"It is time we ditched the myths surrounding St George and celebrated
the reality of his courageous life.

"He doesn't belong to the far right. He represents multiculturalism
and rebellion against tyranny.

"St George wasn't white or English. He was a rebel from the Middle
East. His father was Turkish and his mother probably Palestinian. He
rebelled against the Roman Emperor Diocletian and was executed for
opposing the persecution of Christians by the Romans.

"An early defender human rights, he is a heroic symbol of protest and
the right to freedom of belief and expression.

"St George's parentage embodies multiculturalism and his life
expresses the values of English liberalism and dissent," said Mr
Tatchell.

 
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