A group of young Swiss conservative activists will go on trial next week and could face prison time for carrying a massive white cross that said “No Pride Month” into a Catholic church during an ecumenical pro-LGBT “pride” service in 2022 and later holding a sign protesting a “drag queen story hour.”
In a video posted August 27 on social media, three members of “Junge Tat,” a group of young Swiss conservative activists, spoke out about the decision by the Zurich Public Prosecutor’s office to charge and put them on trial September 4 for carrying a massive 2.4-meter white cross with the words “No Pride Month” into Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church during an ecumenical service celebrating LGBT “pride” in June 2022.
🗣Wir erklären die Hintergründe des Gerichtsprozesses am 04.09.2026!
— Junge Tat (@Junge_Tat) August 27, 2026
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The Junge Tat members are also being charged for another incident that year when they held up a sign saying “family not gender ideology” during a “drag queen story hour” event, among other activities.
Some of the charges against the young activists include “racial discrimination,” “interfering with freedom of religion and worship,” and “violations of the Explosives Act.” The leaders of Junge Tat are facing up to 15 months in prison, with six months to be served, as well as nearly 50,000 Swiss Francs in fines.
“Is freedom of speech still upheld in democratic Switzerland? Certainly, for leftists, liberals, or the state broadcaster SRF. And for right-wing and dissident opinions?” Manuel Corchia, one of the group’s leaders, pondered in the video.
Tobias Lingg, another Junge Tat leader, continued, “For example, is it still allowed to say ‘family instead of gender ideology’ or ‘No Pride Month?’ Can you wear a cross with this inscription to a church service? According to the Zurich Sihl public prosecutor’s office, ‘No.’”
After declaring that they, as right-wing activists, are now being punished for “opinion offenses,” they delved into the absurdity of these charges.
“We are accused of, at a ‘Pride service,’ having attacked religious beliefs thematically and mocked the cross. We, who on that day placed a white cross with the inscription ‘No Pride Month’ in that service, are said to have mocked Christianity and the cross,” Lingg said.
Indeed, despite the “pride service” occurring in a Catholic Church, the Church has consistently taught that homosexual activity is mortally sinful and that homosexual inclinations are “objectively disordered.” According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, “Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that ‘homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.’”
“The church, which holds an LGBTQ service, should really ask itself again, who here is actually making fun of what?” Corchia added. “We stand by our words. We’re said to have disparaged the religion, in other words, Christianity, by placing a cross in a church.”
Langg then discussed their protest of the “drag queen story hour” featuring “gay men in women’s costumes” intended for toddlers.
“We wanted to show a small banner for the deluded parents with the words ‘There are only two genders,’” he said. “But since the organizer jumped in violently while we were unpacking the banner, and as always we wanted to avoid violence, especially in front of the children, we broke off this part of the action.”
“(Instead), we held up a banner … that read ‘Family not gender ideology,’” he added.
Corchia chimed in, “That’s why the prosecutor is accusing us of discrimination.”
“So, if, in the future, you want to voice your opinion about a ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ and prefer family values instead of gender ideology, be careful that you don’t get charged,” he added.
Several leftist Swiss news outlets have noted that some of the Junge Tat’s members were previously convicted for logging into Zoom meetings at the Zurich University of the Arts and shouting Nazi slurs. While the group has been labeled as “Neo-Nazis” since this incident, it’s important to note that they have since disavowed these actions and the national socialist ideology.