Colourful protesters gather to annoy WYD pilgrims

News.SBS.com.au – AAP/SBS

A devil, a drag queen and a pink alien are opposing Pope Benedict XVI’s stand against condoms, homosexuality and abortion.

They were part of a colourful crowd that assembled at Taylor Square in east Sydney’s Darlinghurst this afternoon before a planned march towards Randwick Racecourse, where the Pope will tomorrow hold mass for up to 500,000 people.

Many of the hundreds of people rallied by the NoToPope Coalition, were wearing shirts emblazoned with slogans including “Bless me father for I am homo”, “Thank God I’m an atheist” and “If God hates fags then I hate God”.