Priest Denies Communion To Supporters Of Gays...

No, I'm not saying that gay people were denied communion. That's too easy.

I'm saying people that straight people that dare to view homosexuals as people were denied communion.

Think I'm bullshitting? Read on...

A Roman Catholic priest denied communion to more than 100 people Sunday, saying they could not receive the sacrament because they wore rainbow-colored sashes to church to show support for gay Catholics.

Before offering communion, the Rev. Michael Sklucazek told the congregation at the Cathedral of St. Paul that anyone wearing a sash could come forward for a blessing but would not receive wine and bread.

A group called the Rainbow Sash Alliance has encouraged supporters to wear the multicolored fabric bands since 2001 on each Pentecost Sunday, the day Catholics believe the Holy Spirit came to give power to Christians soon after Jesus ascended to heaven. But Sunday's service was the first time they had been denied communion at the altar.

Archbishop Harry Flynn told the group earlier this month that they would not receive communion because the sashes had become a protest against church teaching.

Strangely, the very last line of the article is the one that gave me the worst feeling and that won't stop ringing in my head:

Last year, some conservative groups in St. Paul kneeled in church aisles to block sash-wearers from receiving communion.

Sad...

- posted by Brian @ 3:04 PM