Sorry if this has already been posted, but after the parade I was wondering who the Jesus fanatics in medieval garb were right before the beginning of the parade as it seemed that they were uninvited guests.
It turns out that they were parade crashers, and the nutty attention whore street preacher Art Pawlowski and his followers were behind it. I said it at the time on the form here, but something just didn't seem right about them.
Here's a link to a Sun article by Platt about it. I feel dirty giving them the web traffic.
Even more so giving the attention to the crazies as that's what they want. But in this case I fully agree with him and the Alderman Diane Colley-Urquhart.
http://www.calgarysun.com/2012/07/12...tampede-parade
It creates a sticky situation for the city and organizers though - freedom of speech is one thing, but is allowing any unauthorized guest to march in the parade to preach setting a precedent for others to follow? So next year can I ride a unicorn and sing the praises of (insert deity here)? Or should it have been cuffs and batons?