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Mar 11, 2010
Dutch media say around a hundred activists walked out of a church in the Netherlands to protest the Catholic policy of refusing communion to gays.
A state news service reported activists left the Sint-Jan church in Den Bosch, 60 miles southeast of Amsterdam, yelling and singing. The church was prepared for the protest and had decided not to give Holy Communion during its Sunday Mass.
The conflict began during Dutch carnival celebrations in February when a gay man in a village near Den Bosch was chosen for a prominent role, but his local priest refused him communion – offending many in the village.
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