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IFI's LaBarbera Calls on Catholics to Reject Gay 'Rainbow Sash' Activism
Yahoo News ^ | May 15, 2005 | U.S. Newswire

Posted on 05/15/2005 1:10:53 PM PDT by NYer

CHICAGO, May 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Peter LaBarbera, executive director of Illinois Family Institute, released the following statement today in response to the latest protest by the homosexual group "Rainbow Sash" in Catholic churches on Pentecost Sunday (May 15):

"Illinois Family Institute encourages Catholics throughout Illinois to ignore the homosexual activist group 'Rainbow Sash,' which stoops to a new low by using the Sunday Mass as a platform for advancing a sinful lifestyle. We applaud Cardinal Francis George of Chicago for properly rejecting Rainbow Sash demands-- and for not welcoming them as have some Catholic leaders, including Cardinal Roger Mahoney of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

"Rainbow Sash seeks to overturn ancient Catholic teachings by celebrating homosexual unions and even 'gay marriage.' Catholic doctrine is clear: people struggling with homosexuality are to be treated with compassion and respect, yet homosexual acts are 'intrinsically disordered,' constitute 'grave depravity,' and "under no circumstances can they be approved.'

"Rainbow Sash is a reminder that the greatest corruption to religion in modern America comes from the Left, not the Right. Rather than humbly seeking to conform to God's image, social leftists are determined to conform Him to theirs. While the prophets of old preached holy truths to a stubborn people, left- wing groups like Rainbow Sash and Equality Illinois lecture the Church and Christians in general for adhering--that is, being faithful, like Cardinal George--to traditional Biblical truths. They are the emissaries of a self-centered spirituality grounded in their own feelings and desires, not the loving dictates of a holy God.

"Moreover, the arrogant protests of Rainbow Sash--disrupting church services to display their homosexuality-affirming colors-- are yet another reminder of the fruits of 'gay' activism. Everywhere Americans turn these days, they are confronted by-- yes, obnoxious--homosexual activism. When they turn on the evening news, they see two men kissing as the commentators discuss 'gay marriage.' When they send their kids to school, they are shocked to learn that the lesson today was about why having two mommies is no worse than having a mom and a dad. Thanks to our city leaders, next summer in Chicago, we'll all be subjected to the spectacle of the "Gay Games."

And now, even in the sanctuary of church, Americans are not free from 'gay' agitation. Perhaps the desperate, ubiquitous demands for approval of their unnatural behavior are a sign that deep down, people practicing homosexuality know they are not living right. Now is the time for them to heed the muffled call of their Christ-informed conscience rather than the confused cry of angry 'gay' crusaders whose ultimate argument is with God Himself."


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; US: California; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: activism; catholic; catholics; chicago; gay; homosexual; homosexualagenda; labarbera; pentecost; peterlabarbera; rainbowsash; religiousleft
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1 posted on 05/15/2005 1:10:54 PM PDT by NYer
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To: NYer

Tell me that is not St. Patricks.


2 posted on 05/15/2005 1:12:27 PM PDT by mware ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche........ "Nope, you are"-- GOD)
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To: NYer

What church is that?


3 posted on 05/15/2005 1:13:44 PM PDT by StAthanasiustheGreat (Vocatus Atque Non Vocatus Deus Aderit)
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To: american colleen; Lady In Blue; Salvation; narses; SMEDLEYBUTLER; redhead; Notwithstanding; ...

Anyone attend Mass at the Cathedral in IL this morning? Please post reactions ... thanks.

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4 posted on 05/15/2005 1:15:14 PM PDT by NYer ("Love without truth is blind; Truth without love is empty." - Pope Benedict XVI)
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To: NWU Army ROTC
Whatever church it is, it needs to be consecrated again.
5 posted on 05/15/2005 1:15:37 PM PDT by mware ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche........ "Nope, you are"-- GOD)
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To: NYer
Did the priest allow them to partake in the Eucharist??
6 posted on 05/15/2005 1:16:47 PM PDT by mware ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche........ "Nope, you are"-- GOD)
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To: mware

My fiancee did not see any sashers at the 11am Mass at the Cathedral. The first picture on the thread though, wonder what Cathedral that is. Agreed, reconsecration needed.


7 posted on 05/15/2005 1:16:56 PM PDT by StAthanasiustheGreat (Vocatus Atque Non Vocatus Deus Aderit)
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To: NWU Army ROTC

No sashes at the 10:00 Mass at my parish either.


8 posted on 05/15/2005 1:18:16 PM PDT by mware ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche........ "Nope, you are"-- GOD)
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To: NWU Army ROTC; mware
No ... not St. Patrick's.

The photo in post #1 was taken at Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral last year when Cardinal George refused communion to those wearing Rainbow Sashes. This was his statement:

"Eucharist is not a place to deform the meaning of our beliefs," the cardinal added. "Our most profound act of worship is receiving holy Communion. We can talk this through in other places, but not make the Eucharist a statement -- except that this is the body of Christ and we receive it on his terms."

9 posted on 05/15/2005 1:20:05 PM PDT by NYer ("Love without truth is blind; Truth without love is empty." - Pope Benedict XVI)
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To: NYer

Good for Cardinal George. Sure wish that Pope Benedict had chosen him as Defender of the Faith.


10 posted on 05/15/2005 1:22:29 PM PDT by mware ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche........ "Nope, you are"-- GOD)
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To: NYer
I didn't see any rainbow sashes at our cathedral today, at least not from the choir loft view.
11 posted on 05/15/2005 1:25:11 PM PDT by k omalley (Caro Enim Mea, Vere est Cibus, et Sanguis Meus, Vere est Potus)
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To: NWU Army ROTC; mware; little jeremiah
No ... the Cathedral does not need to be reconsecrated; they were not served communion.

Okay ... the stories are now beginning to break. This is from this morning's Mass at the Cathedral in St. Paul, Minnesota.


AP - Sun May 15, 3:50 PM ET

Members of The Rainbow Sash Alliance enter the Cathedral of St. Paul, Minn., Sunday, May 15, 2005. A group of about 100 gay Roman Catholics and their supporters were denied Holy Communion at Pentecost Mass at the cathedral. The Rainbow Sash Alliance has been taking Communion on Pentecost at the Cathedral for the past four years, but Archbishop Harry Flynn changed the policy this year. (AP Photo/Janet Hostetter)

12 posted on 05/15/2005 1:27:22 PM PDT by NYer ("Love without truth is blind; Truth without love is empty." - Pope Benedict XVI)
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To: NYer

How sad.


13 posted on 05/15/2005 1:28:14 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Legislatures are so outdated. If you want real political victory, take your issue to court.)
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To: NWU Army ROTC; mware; k omalley; All
And here's another from this morning.


AP - Sun May 15, 4:04 PM ET

Charlie LaPierre, right, greets Rainbow Sash Alliance supporters outside the Cathedral of St. Paul, in St. Paul, Minn., Sunday, May 15, 2005. A group of about 100 gay Roman Catholics and their supporters were denied Holy Communion at Pentecost Mass at the Cathedral. The Rainbow Sash Alliance has been taking Communion on Pentecost at the Cathedral for the past four years, but Archbishop Harry Flynn changed the policy this year. (AP Photo/Janet Hostetter)

14 posted on 05/15/2005 1:30:13 PM PDT by NYer ("Love without truth is blind; Truth without love is empty." - Pope Benedict XVI)
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To: NYer; Mrs. Don-o
I am not a Catholic, but do sometimes attend Mass; and if I ever were to see a self identified disordered one making a spectacle out of Holy Communion, I would go physical on him/her/whatever.

Kudos to the bishops who are growing spines for whatever reason.

15 posted on 05/15/2005 1:37:26 PM PDT by don-o (Don't be a Freeploader. Do the right thing and become a Monthly Donor!)
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To: NYer

This is such a sad thing to see. Thankful they were denied communion and thankful this is not something we have to deal with in my parish. I pray that these people will learn why they were denied and make some life changes. I fear they are lost!


16 posted on 05/15/2005 1:49:49 PM PDT by samiam1972 (Live simply so that others may simply live!)
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To: mware

More like exorcised.


17 posted on 05/15/2005 1:58:34 PM PDT by John Will
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To: NYer; All

Does anyone know if Archbishop Levada's Mass had the Rainbow Slashers attending??


18 posted on 05/15/2005 2:35:26 PM PDT by Fred
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To: NYer; All

Does anyone know if Archbishop Levada's Mass had the Rainbow Slashers attending??


19 posted on 05/15/2005 2:35:40 PM PDT by Fred
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To: don-o

I've said this before and I'll say it again: just about eveybody has had some disordered sexual behavior in their life. Or, if not sexual --- fornication, divorce, contraception, adultery, whatever --- then some disorder of SOME kind, including things like alcoholism and eating disorders.

The point here is not that "people with sexual disorders can't receive Communion." The point is that you repent your sins, you confess your sins, you face up to the fact that you have some weakness or kinks in your character that need some repair, and you seek our merciful, powerful Savior for healing and redemption.

You don't come up for Communion wearing a button, badge, sash or T-shirt proclaiming pride about your particular moral difficulty.


20 posted on 05/15/2005 2:39:04 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (He's XVI... he's beautiful.... and he's mine.)
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