irony overload

Another minority persecuted by religion

The bigotry is going too far. Now the Diocese of Bath and Wells has banned garden gnomes from their cemeteries. What are we to do with the poor wee buggers, then? Let them rot in the streets?

I do appreciate the excuse given, though.

A spokesman for the Diocese of Bath and Wells said: "There is no such thing as a real gnome so why should we have such unnatural creatures in churchyards?"

Indeed. And what of the unnatural creatures that stock the interior of the churches?

(Pharyngula)
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This is so hilarious that I find it hard to believe that a church spokesman actually said this. Are they that un-self-aware?