[NYer]

Elaine Eyre, who was there to support the Rainbow Sash Alliance, said you can't judge people. "We don't know what's in someone's heart," she said.

Oh yes we can! The minute they put on that 'rainbow sash', they have declared themselves as active homosexuals, which is TOTALLY out of line with Catholic teaching.

The official position of the Catholic Church on Gay Unions:
CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING PROPOSALS TO GIVE LEGAL RECOGNITION TO UNIONS BETWEEN HOMOSEXUAL PERSONS

We have bishops and priests now who refuse to deny the Eucharist to people who are in public sin. They refuse to make the distinction between private and public. For instance, if I knew that one of you was living a sinful life and you came up to the communion rail, I would have to give you Holy Communion because, number one, I do not know if you have been to Confession; or even if I know that you had not, to deny you Holy Communion would cause a scandal because it would draw the attention to other people that what you are doing privately is now being made public. So unless I talk to you first and tell you, “If you come up to Communion, I will not give you Holy Communion,” the Church says that even though it is a sacrilege on your part to receive Holy Communion if you are in the state of mortal sin, I would still have to give you Communion. However, if one is a politician who has a public record of being pro-abortion, pro-euthanasia, pro-human-cloning, if there is some other public exposition of your sin, like these unfortunate souls who show up all over the place with rainbow sashes telling people that they are practicing a homosexual lifestyle and demanding that they receive Holy Communion, at that point, it is a sacrilege on the part of the priest to give them Holy Communion because their sin is no longer private – it is now public. But there are many who do not want to cause waves, and so they refuse to stand up for Jesus; instead, being politically correct is what is more important.
Fr. Robert Altier
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[Salvation]

Good quote!

[AMDG&BVMH]

"The minute they put on that 'rainbow sash', they have declared themselves as active homosexuals, which is TOTALLY out of line with Catholic teaching."

Exactly. If they weren't interested in protesting by wearing the sash, they could humbly receive Comminion and then, of course, we would not know what was in their hearts, would we? But, they chose to wear their "hearts" on their sleeve . . .

proclaiming to all that they believe they have a right to engage actively in a sinful lifestyle AND receive Holy Communion; i.e. actively take part in sacrilege.

they are interested in CONFRONTATION, NOT Communion . . . In your face activism . . . there is NOTHING they will not use in their political activism to extend social approval to sodomy, including THE MOST HOLY EUCHARIST. That itself is more than enough to damn them . . . how can they NOT know what they are doing???

[longtermmemmory]

The point of the sash is to take a private sinful act and make it a public declaration for the private act and then recieving approval from church and congregation.

They want their sin exposed as a means of pride. They want as many christian bretherin upset about this and fretting so that they can recruit a few off the sides.

Will homsexuals be next reading homosexual sex tips during the sermon.

[Victoria Delsoul]

However, if one is a politician who has a public record of being pro-abortion, pro-euthanasia, pro-human-cloning, if there is some other public exposition of your sin, like these unfortunate souls who show up all over the place with rainbow sashes telling people that they are practicing a homosexual lifestyle and demanding that they receive Holy Communion, at that point, it is a sacrilege on the part of the priest to give them Holy Communion because their sin is no longer private – it is now public.

Good post, NYer.