Comments on: Archbishop stops LGBT pride prayer service

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:06:47 +0000

I believe the archbishop’s decision to infringe upon the heart-felt feelings and individual rights of those who wish to hold a prayer service is antithetical to basic Christian teachings. Since when would Jesus Christ exclude anyone who wanted to pray? It is those who feel aligned with Him that He most welcomes into His house of prayer. However, it appears the archbishop feels he can override Jesus Christ on this by his own authority and exclude those who wish to hold this sacred service in the twin cities’ Catholic churches.

It is simply amazing how the Catholic Church continues to be *divisive* over flesh issues, in light of the Catholic priest scandals that have occurred, per news reports. And let’s not forget, these are by *priests*. But the archbishop has the audacity to try to stop something that a person yearns in his or her heart to do, something that is ordained by God, such as the prayer service? It is reprehensible behavior on the part of this uninformed archbishop as to what Christ expected/expects for us to do when our heart leads us to do it. But since many Catholic priests have told me they don’t even read the Bible, how can we expect any more from the archbishop who is supposed to be a leader and teacher about what Jesus said.

Incidentally, Jesus said absolutely nothing about gay and lesbian people anywhere in the Holy Bible and one must not forget that it is by His Blood that we are Saved!

By: bwatland

bwatland — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:38:21 +0000

Minnesota Atheists will be proudly supporting the rights of all people at the Twin Cities Gay Pride Parade. There are no solid secular reasons for the discrimination people face based on sexual orientation. We applaud anyone who can recognize that, no matter their position on theology.

By: p_anderson

p_anderson — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:51:16 +0000

Isn't prejudiced exclusion “inimical to the teachings of the Catholic Church,” too? I think these people have lost the Christian Message. It's said that Jesus died for the sake of human forgiveness and understanding. Whether he did or not doesn't matter. One thing he didn't do was set up a country club for exclusive membership. These gorillas at the archdiocese should double check their Notebooks.

By: bwatland

bwatland — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

By: p_anderson

p_anderson — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Isn’t prejudiced exclusion “inimical to the teachings of the Catholic Church,” too? I think these people have lost the Christian Message. It’s said that Jesus died for the sake of human forgiveness and understanding. Whether he did or not doesn’t matter. One thing he didn’t do was set up a country club for exclusive membership. These gorillas at the archdiocese should double check their Notebooks.