The petition was created by James Sunbird Carrington who was deeply offended by the unfounded and ignorant comments made by Melanie Phillips in her article. James invited Arthur to join his campaign to help raise awareness, which he was more than happy to do. Utilising Facebook and other forums, the word quickly spread to the corners of the world.
On 11th October 2010 druids, pagans and other faith groups handed in a petition to the Daily Mail offices, requesting that Melanie Phillips was made to apologise for her defamatory and highly offensive comments in her article about druidary being recognised as a religion. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1317490/Druids-official-religion-Stones-Praise-come.html
Thanks to James' dedication and passion, he gathered over 4000 signatories from all faiths, from all over the world. This was printed off and delivered by peaceful hands to the Daily Mail in London and then another copy was taken to the Press Complaints Commission.Months later and the PCC have written to all those who wrote in separately to complain about Melanie Phillips, stating it was her opinion.... yeah, heard it before! The way I see it, it was worth doing even if she was not made accountable for her hateful diatribe. 4000+ people united behind James, equally dismayed and disgusted that such a bigoted article could be allowed to be printed in today's press. James travelled from Edinburgh to London to deliver the petition at great cost, as did many others.
The Warband is not just one man... it is made of many people like James who are passionate about Truth, Honour and Justice, who will stand and be counted when it matters most, even in the face of great adversity.
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