Protesters

I have done three tours in my local Cathedral this week and seen the village of tents on the green outside and the dozens of young people coming in and out of the Cathedral to use the loos but they are not close enough to the doors to make visitors feel threatened.
Having just read the problems the protesters are making for St Pauls ie., having been given
permission to plant themselves outside if they are good, the Cathedral authorities have lost
their daily visitors along with their contributions, no customers in the cafe and none in the shop.  This has made the Cathedral take an about turn and have to ask the little village to
up tents and leave or they will not be able to function and the daily wages of their staff will become a problem.  This is a shame because in our country we have the right to protest (not that I am at all clear just what they are protesting about!) but they are doing just what they would hate anyone to do to them and that is stopping people earning their living as cleaners, vergers, workmen and scaffolders - all the people the Cathedral have to employ to keep the building safe and consequently have to PAY. Many of these young people think the church has bottomless pockets but it is people like me who give what we can that are the bedrock.  Our local Cathedral costs £2 for every minute of every day to keep the doors open to anyone who wants to come in without charge and to pay the wages of all who work there.  There are two sides to every story and they have to look again before they refuse to move.