Homosexuals Threaten To Storm Churches In Illinois-- Bishop Says Disruption Will Not be tolerated
Lifesite news reports:
Homosexual activists canceled a planned protest inside a cathedral this week after Bishop Thomas Paprocki issued a statement saying that asking the Blessed Virgin Mary to intercede on behalf of gay "marriage" legislation was a sacrilege he would not tolerate on church property.
HOMOSEXUALS WANT TO USE CHURCHES TO RALLY SUPPORT
FOR PRO-HOMOSEXUAL SENATE BILL 10
About a week ago, the Rainbow Sash Movement announced its intentions to silently pray the rosary inside Immaculate Conception Cathedral on Tuesday afternoon, 45 minutes before evening Mass. Their intention? That the state legislature would pass Senate Bill 10, titled the "Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act," legalizing same-sex "marriage" in Illinois.
"By standing up in the Cathedral you will indicate you are there to pray the rosary for marriage" redefinition, its website said. "If you come from a specific parish, you can title yourselves 'Friends of (Name of the Parish or Parishes).'"
Bishop Thomas Paprocki, whose See is based in the capital city of Springfield, used his role as shepherd of his people to warn Christians not to profane God by asking Him to publicly degrade holy matrimony.
"It is blasphemy to show disrespect or irreverence to God or to something holy," he said, citing several passages of the Gospel that "Jesus clearly taught that marriage as created by God is a sacred institution between a man and a woman."
"Praying for same-sex marriage should be seen as blasphemous, and as such will not be permitted in the cathedral," he warned. "People wearing a rainbow sash or who otherwise identify themselves as affiliated with the Rainbow Sash Movement will not be admitted into the cathedral, and anyone who gets up to pray for same-sex marriage in the cathedral will be asked to leave."
The future of the Illinois bill remains an open question. After passing the state Senate on February 14 by a mostly party-line 34-21, it stalled in the House this summer after the House African-American Caucus - lobbied by the state's black pastors - pulled its support.