with Christian Voice in Cardiff, he [Patrick Jones] said: "I was hoping that maybe they would come out and have a debate."That's within my rights to do that.
"My book didn't set out to be provocative at all."
Reverend Geoff Waggett, of Ebbw Vale, said he was dismayed that the Llanhilleth reading was going ahead.
He said: "Freedom of speech is important and people are certainly entitled to express themselves in poetry.
"But when that poetry is both blasphemous and obscene and when one of our public buildings is used for the proclamation of such material, I then need to question the moral values of those who have responsibility for those buildings."
from Gwent Gazette: Controversial reading by poet Patrick Jones goes ahead despite protests
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