Posted on 05/23/2006 1:58:25 PM PDT by NYer
CHICAGO, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement was released today by the Rainbow Sash Movement (RSM). The RSM will respond to the fear and intolerance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Transgender (GLBT) persons, by many of our Catholic Bishops on Pentecost Sunday, June 4, 2006. We will be entering, with our straight allies, Catholic Cathedrals across the nation on Pentecost wearing Rainbow Sashes as a sign of identification. Some Bishops have welcomed us in the past, and we are thankful for their welcome.
Nationally our Bishops have lobbied against our human rights. Our grief is intensified because many in the GLBT Catholic Community feel alienated from the Church because of this assault on our human rights. We believe the Bishops have a serious obligation to root out structures and attitudes that discriminate against the homosexual as a person. A small number of courageous Bishops are exerting their leadership in behalf of this effort, and these Bishops will have our full support and prayers.
The Gospels reveal that, while Jesus did not hesitate to proclaim radical ethic of life grounded in the promise of God's kingdom, he never ceased to reach out to the lowly, to the outcasts of his time even if they did not live up to the full demands of his teaching. Jesus offered forgiveness and healing to all who sought it. And when some objected to this compassion, he responded: "Let the one among you who is guiltless be the first to throw the stone,"(John 8:7)
We are followers of Jesus Christ, and Catholic. This is why members of the Rainbow Sash Movement will wear Rainbow Sashes on Pentecost Sunday. We see homophobia within the Church as both an opportunity for education, and a way to promote the idea of love of neighbor. We are calling for dialogue.
To find out more, and get involved with Rainbow Sash Movement please visit our Web site at http://www.rainbowsashmovement.com, or email: Sashmovement@AOL.Com
Yeah, they look like some kind of movement alright! More like a bowel movement! Those poor kids wearing the sashes haven't got a clue what they're doing. Hopefully when they're a bit older, they'll see the light.
"Let the one among you who is guiltless be the first to throw the stone,"(John 8:7)"
They never add the part where He tells the woman, "Go and sin no more."
Homosexual Rainbow Gay Pride Symbols continue to be displayed on the Diocese of Cleveland website.
http://www.dioceseofcleveland.org/gayandlesbianfamilyministry/mission/index.htm
http://www.dioceseofcleveland.org/gayandlesbianfamilyministry/other_support/index.htm
http://www.dioceseofcleveland.org/gayandlesbianfamilyministry/other_support/index.htm
Bishop Lennon, will you remove these Homosexual Rainbow Gay Pride Symbols from our diocesan website?
cute. I'd suggest they try a lake of fire, but I'm old school about these kind of things.
"Message to the Red Sash Gang....the 10 Commandments instruct us to,among other things,not to commit adultery."
Bible says two men ought not lay together, mmhmm.
-Carl (Slingblade)
'Scuse me. You can't be a sexually active homosexual , and "a follower of Jesus Christ, and a Catholic".
I fail to see why it's necessary for these people to go to church and publicly do this.
And the pain they inflict on their own when they stray off the p.c. reservation!
"Go and sin no more" doesn't apply to them, I guess.
Buffet Catholics=Run of the mill Protestants.
And immediately after that, he turned to the adultress and said "Neither do I condemn thee. Go and sin no more." I doubt that this woman sashayed into the temple the following week with a scarlet "A+" emblazoned on her robe to turn a mark of shame into a sexual boast. So unless these people are willing to turn away from their perverse and sinful lifestyle rather than proudly proclaiming their commitment to continued sin, they are barking up the wrong tree.
Do keyword "rainbow sash". Then read how the `sash wearers' respond to being refused communion: they return to the pew and then remain standing.
To those kneeling in the pew behind them, this is called
showing your a$$.
It's pure in-your-face.
GLBT... how is that pronounced. "Giblets"?
"Knuckle-crunching handshake" for the sash wearers.
That'll git 'er done! ;^)
See post # 44.
Go ye and do likewise!
Being a sexually active homosexual does not constitute going and not sinning anymore.
Just saw your post ... I like your take on this better, 'attempt at reversing the charges'!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
"Let the abortionists, gay lobby and others start their own faith and not corrupt one which has stood for millenium." I believe you've just identified for whom these persons worship, and it isn't God the Father Almighty, rather it is for the one who has sought since the beginning to pervert and destroy.
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