More than 50 gay rights activists wearing rainbow-colored sashes were denied Holy Communion at a Pentecost service yesterday at the Roman Catholic Cathedral in St. Paul, Minn., parishioners and church officials said.
In an act that some witnesses called a "sacrilege" and others called a sign of "solidarity," a man who was not wearing a sash received a Communion wafer from a priest, broke it into pieces and handed it to some of the sash wearers, who consumed it on the spot.
Ushers threatened to call the police, and a church employee burst into tears when the unidentified man re-distributed the consecrated wafer, which Catholics consider the body of Christ. But the Mass was not interrupted, and the incident ended peacefully, said Dennis McGrath, a spokesman for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. [snip] [Washington Post]
Tip O' the Hat to Dom Bettinelli
2 comments:
Well, if the local press had the audacity to ignore the militant gay Catholics of the Twin Cities on their big day, the Rainbow fruits will have to do something even MORE shocking next year like completely disrobing before they process to the front of the Cathedral for their (gag) blessing.
These people want nothing more than to have their sick lifestyle validated.
Commercial News media is always looking for something new. Hopefully, midwestmom, is wrong.
BUT, the Pioneer Press on Monday had a story on Jake Reiten one of the local gays who tried to enlist last week.
Hey, midwestmom, is this an occasion for B.A.L.L.S.?
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