Cardinal Francis George equates gay liberation movement to KKK
This is over the top even for Fox. The KKK lynched, murdered, burned, and terrorized blacks for decades, the Gays just want to have a pride parade. The Cardinal tries to further the “Christians are being persecuted by Gays” meme when we all know it’s the obverse that’s truth. It’s Christian bigots who try to deny gays their rights - rights to marriage, rights to benefits, rights to free speech and rights to have a parade.
Cardinal Francis George said Wednesday during a taping of Fox Chicago Sunday that some gay rights activists use anti-Catholic rhetoric that reminds him of the Ku Klux Klan. The Cardinal also said he supported a North Side priest in objecting to the new route for next year’s Chicago Gay Pride Parade.
“Well, I go with the pastor. I mean, he’s telling us that they won’t be able to have church services on Sunday, if that’s the case,” Cardinal George said. “You know, you don’t want the Gay Liberation Movement to morph into something like the Ku Klux Klan, demonstrating in the streets against Catholicism.”
When questioned about the statement, Cardinal George said, “The rhetoric of the Ku Klux Klan, the rhetoric of some in the Gay Liberation. Who is the enemy? The Catholic Church.”
The controversial new route calls for the Pride Parade to travel east down Belmont from Halsted to Broadway, taking it directly in front of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, one of the city’s oldest Roman Catholic churches.