The Catholic League (normally represented by Bill Donohue in the press) says Gavin Newsome bears responsibility for the recent vandalism of a Roman Catholic Church in San Francisco.
“This was not an isolated event in terms of how San Francisco treats Catholics,” Susan A. Fani, communications director for the Catholic League, told CNSNews.com. “For a city that’s very open and into diversity, we find that it is a hostile atmosphere for Catholicism.”
Newsom and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors are partly to blame for the attack on Holy Redeemer Catholic Church – which is being investigated as a “hate crime” by the police – because Newsom and the board “have shown nothing but contempt for the First Amendment rights of Catholics,” said the Catholic League in a statement.
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church is in San Francisco’s Castro district, a largely homosexual community, and the church has a reputation as being “gay friendly” because of its AIDS support group and apparent tolerance for the homosexual lifestyle.
On the morning of Jan. 4, graffiti was discovered spray-painted on the side of the church. The graffiti read: “Prop H8 Niederauer Ratzinger Where Is the Love?” A Nazi swastika was also spray-painted next to the words.
Rev. George H. Niederauer is the archbishop for the diocese of San Francisco, and Joseph Ratzinger is Pope Benedict XVI. “Prop H8” is a slang-insult for Proposition 8, a ballot initiative that passed in November and which amended the California state constitution to legally define marriage as being between a man and a woman.
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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This Church can not be truly Catholic and be tolerant of the homosexual life style, can it??? Aren't sexual relations part of that life style??
I do not understand how this parish can remain functioning as well as Fr. P's black liberation church under the Catholic banner.
If they were being fed the truth of God's word then the parishioners would be presented with a choice..if they embraced Christ then there would be no more homosexual lifestyles remaining; they would know the Truth who sets them free....and if not then the community would perish.
The area's humanitarian aid can continue to operate without the parrish aspect and they could all go to Courage (etc) together & become a source of healing for each other.
Ellen*
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