St. Paul cathedral damaged in apparent anti-gay exorcism

NervousRex

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Wed Nov-24-04 03:34 PM
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St. Paul cathedral damaged in apparent anti-gay exorcism

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"An informal exorcism performed at the Cathedral of St. Paul this month was more profane than sacred and was directed toward gay Catholics, police and church authorities said Tuesday.

They said the ritualistic sprinkling of blessed oil and salt around the church and in donation boxes amounted to costly vandalism and possibly even a hate crime.

The damage was discovered Nov. 7 after the noon mass, and after words were exchanged between members of the Rainbow Sash Alliance, a gay rights group, and the opposing group, Catholics Against Sacrilege."

http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5102489.html

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Merlin

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Wed Nov-24-04 04:18 PM
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1. Jesus! Somehow I think he never had this kind of thing in mind.

Jesus preached love, tolerance and forgiveness.

He told his followers: "Judge not lest ye be judged." He said that in response to a crowd who had gathered to stone to death a woman they thought was a prostitude.

He urged us to "remove the log" from our own eye, before railing about the spec in the eye of our neighbor.

Jesus was cool. This twisted shit, done in his name, is insane.

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