Yesterday I went to my first Deanery Chapter lunch. The Chapter is the group of clergy in the various churches and chaplaincies in the local area (called the Deanery).
During the meeting Rev’d Tim Jones from St Hilda’s Church & St Lawrence in York spoke about his recent protest in a local stationery shop. It started when he was shopping with his daughter and noticed Playboy branded children’s stationery on sale. The shop manager said he didn’t like the products but he was required to place them by head office.
Tim came back the next day and made a protest in the shop, getting customers to sign a petition and refusing to leave until a representative from head office spoke to him – which happened 45mins later.
The story has had massive coverage in local and national newspapers and UK and International Television.
Well done Tim.
Here’s a selection of some of the coverage,
- Vicar pulls down Playboy stationery display – Telegraph
- Furious vicar clears shelves at local shop of Playboy stationery …
- BBC NEWS | Business | Playboy reviews UK sales displays
- Godlike Productions – Post New Thread
- FOXNews.com – U.K. Priest Irate After Finding Playboy, Disney …
- Protest over porn firm’s goods in stationary store (From York Press)
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