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Heartbeat Of Orangeism Will Not Be Stopped

Article 5 ~ August 2004

Orangeism is not just an Institution, it is a nerve that runs right through the heart of the Protestant community, Orange Order Assistant Grand Master Bro. the Rev. Stephen Dickinson said at Ballymena.

Brother Dickinson said that all over Northern Ireland, thousands upon thousands of people will line the roads and streets because they love to see the Orange Order on the march.

"They love the sound of the bands, they love the display, they love to watch the row upon row of Orangemen and women marching in a public display and celebration of their Protestant faith and heritage.

"Marching has become an even greater focus of attention in recent years because republicans have decided that, having spent 35 years slaughtering members of the Protestant community with the gun and the bomb, they have now moved into the next phase of the plan to break Protestant resistance so as they can achieve their end goal - the destruction of Northern Ireland as part of the United Kingdom.

"In order to break the Protestant resistance, they have targeted and attacked the public display of Protestantism through the Orange Order in particular!

"Sinn fein/IRA know very well that Orangeism is at the heart of Protestantism and if they can break us, if they can stop the heartbeat of Orangeism, then they will be free to achieve their devilish plan.

"As they attempt to stop the heartbeat of Orangeism, our parades have come under sustained attack - that's why residents' groups are springing up all over the place; that's why there is a huge increase in the number of our parades that have become contentious right across the Province, and brethren and friends, it will get worse as Sinn Fein/IRA attempt to tighten their noose around the neck of the Orange Order, as they seek to choke it to death.

"Republicans are on a mission - to stop the marching feet of Orangemen. That's why they say there will never by Orange feet on the Garvaghy Road again, or in Dunloy, Bellaghy, Lurgan, Londonderry, Ardoyne, Ligoniel and many other places.

"The Dunloy brethren deserve our appreciation and gratitude as they have had the courage to take the denial of their human rights to court and seek to re-establish their civil and religious liberties and claim their right to peaceful assembly under Article 11 of the European Convention of Human Rights.

"It is great when the Orange Order goes on the march, but what we want to think about is this - what happens when God goes on the march?" he said.

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