Posted on 06/23/2021 6:48:51 PM PDT by marshmallow
The Ballyfermot Assumption Parish Church flew a Pride flag last week to show that “all are welcome”.
BALLYFERMOT LOCALS ARE holding a solidarity vigil this week after a church received backlash online for flying an LGBT+ Pride flag on its grounds.
The Ballyfermot Assumption Parish flew an Irish flag and a Pride flag outside its entrance last week as an effort to show that “all are welcome” in its church.
After sharing photos of the flags on social media, large numbers posted thanks or appreciation, but others sent critical or abusive messages to the church because they believed the Pride flag was “anti-Catholic”.
The church was asked by the Dublin diocese to take down the flag and was advised of a stance against flying flags on church grounds except for national flags on appropriate occasions.
Local community groups have planned a vigil on Friday to show solidarity with the church after the criticism it faced last week.
People Before Profit Councillor for Ballyfermot-Drimnagh Hazel de Nortúin said the hateful responses to the Pride flag were “not a true reflection of the people of Ballyfermot”.
“It wasn’t supported by local people, it was more of a case of people reacting outside the community and coming in,” de Nortúin told The Journal.
The Ballyfermot Anti-Racism Network, alongside youth services and the local GAA team, are planning to “come together to show solidarity, to show we will not be tolerating that sort of behaviour in the area” and celebrate “our pride and supporting those in the area who would have been affected by this”.
“It’s not reflective of where we’re all at,” de Nortúin said.
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When the offerings march out the door the church will stop this nonsense....
I welcome Churches that fly the fag flag. It lets me know which Churches to avoid.
The flying of this flag all over is pathetic. It will have a hundred stripes and angles by the end of the year. I wonder why BLM doesn’t doesn’t go berserk over places not having a BLM flag?
I’m glad my ancestors left that island shite hole. But I sometimes wonder as now America is drifting towards an abyss.
Where are the examples of the “abusive” and “hateful” language of those objecting to the flag? Or do those labels automatically apply to anyone not lbgtq?
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