Spotted recently in the Post-Dispatch's comment box:
Miss Campbell neglects to write the rally was co-sponsored and supported by St. Louis Catholics. Catholics who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and straight. The Catholic Action Network and Holy Families Committee helped co-sponsored the peaceful event and if Miss Campbell actually took the time, she could of called Archdiocese Chief Communications Officer Anne Steffens (who was there on Sunday) and learn that the protest was nothing like Miss Campbell describes.
Neither the Catholic Action Network and Holy Families Committee are Catholic. They are not endorsed, supported, acknoweledged or otherwise recognized by the Church. Please realize this.
Neither of these organizations do anything to build up the Church's support for the poor, give shelter to the homeless, build up a profound respect for the Eucharist and liturgy, or spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They are political organizations with the misnomer of 'Holy Family' and 'Catholic' who wish for something that cannot be: a Catholic Church that throws out any moral theology of human sexuality.
Is discrimination and hatred against homosexuals wrong? Of course—these people are human beings with the gift of God's love, just like you and me! However, endorsing their lifestyle is something the Church will never be able to do, for their actions (which can be judged) are opposed to the Church's fundamental teachings about human sexuality and complementarity.
