Interesting. Then why does Andrew Sullivan keep insisting on his website that Father Michael was a homosexual? Not one person has presented any evidence to support that other than unproven allegation like those used to slander Matt Drudge. I doubt either are homosexuals and find it curious that militant gays are so adamant in claiming others to their lifestyle.
From the official website of Dignity, the gay Catholic group:
Dignity/USA joins with all people of goodwill in expressing our shock and horror at the terrorist strikes against the US earlier this week. We extend our deepest sympathy to all of those who have lost people they love, or who are still waiting for word of the missing. In particular, we extend condolences to the loved ones of Fr. Mychal Judge, NY Fire Department Chaplain, who was a longtime member of Dignity, and to all our members and friends who have been directly impacted by these events.
From the New York magazine article which was previously posted:
He opened the doors of St. Francis of Assisi Church when Dignity, a gay Catholic organization, needed a home for its aids ministry, and he later ran an aids program at St. Francis.
More from the article:
But he was out to Thomas Von Essen, the fire commissioner. "I had no problem with it," Von Essen says. "I actually knew about his homosexuality when I was in the Uniformed Firefighters Association. I kept the secret, but then he told me when I became commissioner five years ago. He and I often laughed about it, because we knew how difficult it would have been for the other firefighters to accept it as easily as I had. I just thought he was a phenomenal, warm, sincere man, and the fact that he was gay just had nothing to do with anything."
Is Fire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen in on the conspiracy too?