Posted on 07/29/2019 6:44:51 PM PDT by marshmallow
WARSAW, Poland - A Polish archbishop has condemned attacks on a gay pride rally by protesters claiming to be defending his cathedral.
Some, however, said his remarks were too little, too late, and that his earlier remarks incited violence against the LGBT community.
“Acts of violence and scorn are incompatible with the attitude of a Christian and disciple of Christ,” Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda of Bialystok said July 22. “At the same time, I encourage prayer and care for the family and its internal purity, so our families, strong in God, can offer an example of beautiful love in the pattern of the Holy Family. These latest incidents show we still have much to do.”
The archbishop issued the brief statement following violent reactions to a July 20 “Equality March” in the eastern city. Several marchers and at least 20 counter-protesters were arrested.
A commentator in Poland’s Gazeta Wyborcza daily, Agnieszka Sadowska, accused Wojda of “blessing hatred,” and said his earlier message, calling on Catholics to resist “the depravation of youth,” had been “a disgrace.”
In his July 7 pastoral message, Wojda told Catholics that LGBT campaigners had “insulted Christian values, profaned sacred symbols and uttered blasphemies against God,” adding that the Equality March was “an initiative alien to our land and society” and “an act of discrimination against Catholics.”
“The Gospel teaches respect and love for every person, and we try to follow this - but we cannot accept the deriding of our faith and depraving of our youth,” the archbishop said.
Anna Dryjanska, a Warsaw-based campaigner for equal rights for LGBT people, said the archbishop inflamed “the faithful to violence against LGBT people” and said she feared the consequences if the “two-faced incitement” continued.
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I guess they want the Church to change its message from “Go thy way and sin no more” to “Go thy way and sin some more.” Not going to happen, I hope.
The Gospel also teaches about millstones around necks.
The LGBT folks have been pushing for a fight, and they got it.
We need another Polish Pope.
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