Multiple Christian protesters have been arrested in Paris, France after they drove a bus denouncing the blasphemous mockery of the Last Supper at the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony.
Six members of the French pro-life group CitizenGo were arrested by police.
The group said on X that they “were forced to spend the night in jail” for protesting against the blasphemous display.
The bus had the message “Stop Attacks on Christians” written on its side.
The group’s legal counsel argued that driving a vehicle with a slogan does not qualify as an organized protest.
They stated:
“It appears impossible to constitute the crime of failing to communicate a protest because there is no protest in the presence of one unique vehicle.” The defense attorney also insinuated abuse of power on the part of French prosecutors, noting that “the procedure was irregular.”
The prosecutor argued that six CitizenGo members did not have permission to protest.
The protester’s defense lawyer highlighted that government attorneys “pushed the law to its limits” to stop the bus and limit the protesters’ free speech.
According to the Catholic Herald, three of the six arrested were female, and police forced them to remove their clothes in a humiliating search for concealed drugs.
The protesters were later released.
“The mockery of the Last Supper at the Olympics opening ceremony featured transgenders and drag queens in the place of Jesus Christ and His Apostles, prompting widespread controversy and condemnation across the globe,” the National Pulse noted.
Former president Donald Trump called the opening ceremony “a disgrace” after organizers were forced to issue a half-baked apology for the offensive display.
Meanwhile, Bishop Robert Barron of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester in the U.S. state of Minnesota rejected the apology, calling its formulation a “woke duplicity.”