Gay Rights Supporters Are Denied Communion
From Times Wire Reports
Roman Catholic gay rights supporters wearing rainbow-colored sashes to Mass were denied communion in Chicago, while dozens of people in Minnesota had to walk around protesters to receive the holy sacrament.
An internal memo from Chicago Cardinal Francis George instructed priests not to give communion to people wearing the sashes, which the group’s members wear every year for Pentecost.
In St. Paul, Minn., people wearing the sashes were given communion despite protests from some parishioners who kneeled in front of the altar blocking their way.
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