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Gay activists denied communion

During a St. John's Abbey mass, students and others wearing protest buttons and sashes received Archbishop John Nienstedt's hand of blessing rather than the eucharist.

About 25 college students and community members at St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minn., were denied communion by Twin Cities Roman Catholic Archbishop John C. Nienstedt because they were displaying rainbow buttons and sashes in protest of the church's stand on gay relationships.

The conflict between the archbishop and the group, mostly students from the Catholic St. John's University and the College of St. Benedict, occurred during evening mass Sept. 26.

It came amid news that the state's bishops were mailing 400,000 DVDs to Minnesota Catholics, spelling out church teachings on gay marriage and urging them to support candidates who endorse putting the issue to a vote.

The St. John's action was coordinated by students, including members of People Representing the Sexual Minority (PRiSM), which represents gay and lesbian students and their friends and allies. That Sunday, according to those at the mass, about two dozen worshipers positioned themselves to receive communion from Nienstedt, who was saying his first student mass at the abbey. Some reached for the communion wafer but were denied it. Rather, the archbishop raised his hand in blessing.


Paralleling the Conks, that big, loving Catholic tent is getting awfully small!


"Wait, my child! You're quite sure those sugary preteen lips and tongue have never carressed a moist, pink labia, correct?"

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Kudos to the Priest for defending God's one true and holy church!!!

Someday you Christ killers will get it.

Bishop Nienstedt...

The Mass is no time for a demonstration or protest.

PS -- Didn't you just yesterday ask for a moratorium on religion threads?

JoltinJoe wrote:The Mass is no time for a demonstration or protest.

PS -- Didn't you just yesterday ask for a moratorium on religion threads?

Priests and Catholic uppity-ups can use their pulpit during Mass to shit on people left and right and these folks can't silently protest?


Just disseminating, Joe. Think as you wish.

I've been denied communion at a Catholic Church for not being Catholic.

Didn't make the news though.

Gil Dobie wrote:I've been denied communion at a Catholic Church for not being Catholic.

Didn't make the news though.

Quit wearin' that skullcap to Mass, Gibert Dobenstein.

I wish they would refuse to give communion to all the abortion supporting Catholic politicians.......

But they probably write a check every week.

Cap'n Cat wrote:

Gil Dobie wrote:I've been denied communion at a Catholic Church for not being Catholic.

Didn't make the news though.

Quit wearin' that skullcap to Mass, Gibert Dobenstein.

It's Gilmore

HI54UNI wrote:I wish they would refuse to give communion to all the abortion supporting Catholic politicians.......

But they probably write a check every week.

There have been instances of that, Fiver. But, you are correct, they run the pedophile defense fund so the officials look the other way....

JoltinJoe wrote:The Mass is no time for a demonstration or protest.

PS -- Didn't you just yesterday ask for a moratorium on religion threads?

No. He was simply telling people to drop religion.

Col Hogan wrote: Bishop Nienstedt...

Hogan = gay basher, bigot and total fucking catholic idiot

HI54UNI wrote:I wish they would refuse to give communion to all the abortion supporting Catholic politicians.......

But they probably write a check every week.

Why would they refuse communion to anyone 5? What an evil thing to do to someone.

Really, is that what Jesus would do?

The catholic church is a joke, plain and simple.

There's a time and a place to protest - that wasn't the time or the place.

Might wanna check the status of these so-called activists before making charges.

If they hadn't had First Communion (which itself has prerequisites), there's no story, even if liberal demagogues want to make one.

D1B wrote:

Col Hogan wrote: Bishop Nienstedt...

Hogan = gay basher, bigot and total **** catholic idiot

Coming from you...I'm honored...

Sticks and stones will break my bones.....


yada yada yada...

Col Hogan wrote:

D1B wrote:

Hogan = gay basher, bigot and total **** catholic idiot

Coming from you...I'm honored...

Sticks and stones will break my bones.....


yada yada yada...

Hoagie may be a gay basher and a Catholic apologist, but I bet he's cute and cuddly deep inside that crusty Conk exterior.

Cap'n Cat wrote:Priests and Catholic uppity-ups can use their pulpit during Mass to shit on people left and right and these folks can't silently protest?

89Hen wrote:

Cap'n Cat wrote:Priests and Catholic uppity-ups can use their pulpit during Mass to shit on people left and right and these folks can't silently protest?

That's right, Hen. Read it again and learn.

Cap'n Cat wrote:

Col Hogan wrote:
Coming from you...I'm honored...

Sticks and stones will break my bones.....


yada yada yada...

Hoagie may be a gay basher and a Catholic apologist, but I bet he's cute and cuddly deep inside that crusty Conk exterior.

Hey, big boy (and I do mean BIG)...any time you want to spoon, come on down to the DC area...

Cap'n Cat wrote:

89Hen wrote:

That's right, Hen. Read it again and learn.

OK, read it again. It only confirms that you only know what you read about Catholics. You obviously didn't listen to any sermons when you did attend mass if you're going to stand by that idiotic comment.

If the church wants to take stands on political issues they should lose the tax exempt status.

Call them what they are, really no different than any other PAC.

OSBF wrote:If the church wants to take stands on political issues they should lose the tax exempt status.

Call them what they are, really no different than any other PAC.

WHen the Church does take a position on a political issue...I'll be right there with you...

But since homosexuality has been a morals issue for centuries, you can't just hijack it now and say its a political issue...

Col Hogan wrote:

OSBF wrote:If the church wants to take stands on political issues they should lose the tax exempt status.

Call them what they are, really no different than any other PAC.

WHen the Church does take a position on a political issue...I'll be right there with you...

But since homosexuality has been a morals issue for centuries, you can't just hijack it now and say its a political issue...

It is political because it's a civil rights/civil liberties issue

Also an equal taxation issue

Not only that, it is a total myth that a tax-exempt entity cannot engage in political activity. They can and do all the time, and it has no effect on their tax-exempt status, so long as the activity does not constitute a "substantial" part of their overall activities. Section 503(c)(3) of the IRS Code allows for certain not-for-profit corporations to qualify for tax exempt status, so long as “no substantial part of the activities of which is carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting, to influence legislation (except as otherwise provided in subsection (h)), and which does not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office.” The IRS allows churches to try to influence legislation because overall such activities are "insubstantial" when weighed against the overall activities of the churches.