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Elton John's religion ban

(BANG) - Sir Elton John has called for a total ban on all religions.

The outspoken singer has branded all religious followers "hateful lemmings" and has demanded faiths of all kinds be outlawed because they encourage gay hatred.

Elton told Britain's Observer Music Monthly magazine: "From my point of view, I would ban religion completely. Organized religion doesn't seem to work. It turns people into really hateful lemmings, and it's not really compassionate."

The music legend - who 'married' long-term boyfriend David Furnish in a civil partnership last year - in particular singled out Eastern Europe as a hotbed of homophobia, and blamed religion for the region's hateful attitude towards gay people.

Elton said: "I think religion has always tried to turn hatred towards gay people. Religion promotes the hatred and spite against gays. In countries such as Poland, Latvia and Russia there is a huge anti-gay movement and a lot of it is started by the church."

He added: "The world is near escalating to World War III, and where are the leaders of each religion? Why aren't they coming together? I asked this after 9/11 and people thought I was nuts."

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