[Quila]

The whole homosexual issue aside, I as a priest definitely wouldn't give communion to someone in my church trying to use communion to make a political statement. Come back next week without the sash and act appropriately, and then you can have communion.

Kudos to the priest for not letting them get away with politicizing communion. Kudos to the other parishioners for having enough restraint not to beat the crap out of them during the service either.

[AmericaUnited]

Come back next week without the sash and act appropriately, and then you can have communion.

Oh really?! This is what the Bible says about taking communion:

I Corinthians 11:25-29 "In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.'' For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes. Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly.

This is extremely clear, if you take communion when living in gross immorality (homosexual lifestyle), you come under judgment.

[Orual]

I as a priest definitely wouldn't give communion to someone in my church trying to use communion to make a political statement. Come back next week without the sash and act appropriately, and then you can have communion.

Then you are equally as guilty when you knowingly give the Body of Christ to those who receive Communion in the state of mortal sin.

[victim soul]

Forgive me for being presumptuous but I think you forgot one thing -- before they return they need to go to another sacrament - The Sacrament of Reconciliation.

[ThomasMore]

I as a priest definitely wouldn't give communion to someone in my church trying to use communion to make a political statement.

Are you a priest?

If so, father, I wouldn't give them communion until I heard their confession. Unrepentant sin is unforgivable until repented. I agree with AmericaUnited in post #3.