Gay Activists Vow to Pass Colosseum Despite Warning
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ROME — Gay activists on Saturday vowed civil disobedience if necessary to ensure that a World Pride festival would be able to march past the ancient Roman Colosseum next month despite orders from the City Council to use a different route.
“If we don’t get permission, we will form a peaceful human chain as far as the Colosseum on July 8,” said Titti De Simone, who heads the Arcilesbica group.
Rome’s City Council has withdrawn its support for the July 1-9 World Pride festival.
The organizers want to pass the Colosseum as part of a protest against the death penalty.
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