Posted on 05/12/2005 7:42:03 PM PDT by coffeebreak
(CNSNews.com) - A group of homosexual activists plan to protest Mass at Catholic churches nationwide Sunday in opposition to the church's stance on homosexuality.
The group, Rainbow Sash, explained on its website that they "stand opposed to homophobia at the Eucharistic table" and "make no apologies for God's gift of our sexuality." The group encourages its members to wear the Rainbow Sash in a parish or cathedral as "an act of faith in the Lord, who works through weakness."
"This year, Rainbow Sash has upped the ante," Catholic League President William Donohue said in a statement. He pointed to a May 2 press release in which the group said that the purpose of the protest is to 'counter the lies that Pope Benedict XVI is promoting about our community' and called the new pope an 'aggressive homophobe.'
"By calling the pope a liar and a homophobe, Rainbow Sash has finally taken off its mask. We look for them to get what they want-to be denied Communion. We also hope the cops are standing by. To exploit the Mass for political purposes is obscene, but it is what we have come to expect from the likes of Rainbow Sash," said Donohue.
Cardinal McCarrick of Washington, D.C. and Cardinal George of Chicago banned Rainbow Sash members from receiving the Eucharist last year, according to Donohue. Cardinal Mahony of Los Angeles, Archbishop Flynn of St. Paul and Minneapolis and Bishop Clark of Rochester, New York did not ban them, Donohue noted.
But this year Archbishop Flynn has told Rainbow Sash that they will be banned, said Donohue. "He explicitly said that 'the Vatican has communicated to me that it does indeed consider the wearing of the Rainbow Sash during reception of Communion to be unacceptable, a directive I believe all Bishops will adhere to,'" added Donohue.
God gave us the gift of life, Christ, through his sacrifice, the gift of eternal life.
These are the greatest gifts one can receive, and some people choose to shun the Givers by their actions.
There is a place where those who have rejected God go to when this brief life ends; it is a place without God.
I pray that they accept God, embrace the gift, and come home to Him in this life and the next.
I really feel sorry for the kids. I hope they can overcome their parents' bizarreness.
Their credo: "I annoy, therefore I am"
homosexuals count on wearing down normal people.
For them it is all about worshiping their fetish.
For God's sake: These homosexuals need to get a life -- start their OWN CHURCH and stop behaving as spoiled rotten kids having tantrums. It's so bloody tiresome, the perpetual whining and disrupting the civil peace and rights of others....(grumbling)
Actually, I think we need something more along the lines of a 'snort alert.' This would require an entirely different protocol of course.
LibertyJihad wrote:
Great, and those proudly practicing incest can wear checkered sashes and those who are proudly practicing adultry can wear red sashes, and those who are proudly stealing from others can wear green sashes. It is one thing to be a sinner. It is another to be openly unrepentent and to insist that the church happily support your sinning.
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This is exactly what i have been saying for the last couple of years. They also are solely basing their identity by their sex life. Don't they have anything else in life going for them?
The outright blasphemy here is simply stunning. These perverts would be wise to remember that God is not mocked. We should pray for their souls.
St. Paul and Jesus Urge Homosexuals to Repent Immediately--See Romans 1 and Revelation 21 for details!
>:-)
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