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Julian Batchelor and Stop Promoting Homosexuality International - manages to offend the families of Dame Whina Cooper and Martin Luther King, and Mother Teresa and Mahatma Gandhi as well:

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Julian Batchelor of Stop Promoting Homosexuality International As reported by Peter Calder of the NZ Herald at 3:24 PM Friday Jun 30, 2000:     "The estate of Martin Luther King may sue organisers of a campaign against tonight's Hero Parade for using the image of the slain civil rights crusader in a newspaper advertisement. And the family of Dame Whina Cooper are also upset that her image was used without permission. The advertisement in Wednesday's New Zealand Herald used photographs of Dame Whina, Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa and Dr King over the words: " It takes more than a parade to make a hero ." It sought support for a campaign against " the promotion of destructive sexuality ." The advertisement was placed in the name of Stop Promoting Homosexuality International , whose spokesman, Julian Batchelor, said " he had not been aware Dr King's image was copyrighted " . Asked what basis he had for assuming D