Gay activists denied communion in Chicago

From a Rainbow Sash Movement news release:

"The Rainbow Sash Movement gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender Catholics and supporters entered Catholic cathedrals both nationally and internationally on Pentecost Sunday May 23, 2010. The focal part of the U.S. challenge on Pentecost was Holy Name Cathedral, the cathedral church of the president of the [USCCB], Cardinal Francis George.

Cardinal George is at the heart of the storm surrounding not only gay civil rights, but the right of gay Catholic parents to send their children to Catholic schools. As the head of the [USCCB] he has remained strangely silent on the abusive measures taken by Archbishop Chaput of Denver and Cardinal O'Malley of Boston in supporting their local pastors' discrimination directed at the children of gay parents.

Additionally, associated threats of violence from Catholic fundamentalist that were manufactured to stop our presence at cathedrals failed to materialize. The Rainbow Sash Movement faced down would be attackers with reasoned and disciplined dialogue.

Members of the far right Catholic media must be held accountable for their failed attempts to incite violence against lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender Catholics in the name of faithfulness to the Catholic Faith."

Thankfully, the gay activist "Catholics" were denied the Holy Eucharist.

Said an orthodox Catholic (via e-mail) who was present at the Mass: "The rainbow sash people ... went up for Communion, were denied, then went back and stood in the pews in silent protest. A few of us engaged them in conversation after Mass. I tried calmly explaining Church doctrine to one guy — to no avail.

"There was an older couple there who I think probably buckled under the pressure to affirm their son, who they said is gay. It's like there's this false choice between affirming your gay child or disowning them. Can't there be a middle ground there? I think the Church needs a massive, worldwide Theology of the Body campaign. Pope Benedict should call for it."

The sad thing is, gay activists hate the Church because she teaches that homosexual activity is sinful. Period. And it really doesn't matter how thoughtfully that teaching is presented; they still reject it. Now, I do have compassion for those who are striving to live a chaste life. Let's face it: It's an extremely difficult task in this sex-saturated society. (Those who suffer from same-sex attraction may find the group Courage to be of help.)

But I don't have compassion for those who champion the so-called right to kill a child in the womb, or for those who champion a filthy, disease-ridden lifestyle that is contrary to the natural and divine law.

So there.