Archbishop Flynn will not allow communion to become ‘battleground’

[The Straight Story]

Archbishop Flynn will not allow communion to become ‘battleground’

Minneapolis, May. 09, 2005 (CNA) - Minnesota’s Archbishop Harry Flynn has decided to take a stand against what he sees as a protest by a national gay and lesbian organization against Church teaching.

In a letter sent this week to the Rainbow Sash Alliance, the Archbishop said that he would not allow rainbow-sash wearers to receive communion in the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis, saying that, "It has become apparent to me that the wearing of the sash is more and more perceived as a protest against church teaching.”

The rainbow-sashers have opted to make this Sunday’s Pentecost celebration the center of a demonstration in a number of dioceses across the country.

Archbishop Flynn said in the letter to Brian McNeill, Minneapolis organizer of the Rainbow Sash Alliance that, "I am asking you to remove your sashes before you receive Holy Communion” and “I ask you to observe this sign of respect for the Eucharist not only in the Cathedral but in all our parishes. No one wearing the sash will be permitted to receive the Blessed Sacrament.''

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[xchrom]

1. the church itself started this fight.

now they don't like the response and seek to censor it.

cry me a river.
i'ld show up with a sash every week and MAKE them turn me away.

[hvn_nbr_2]

2. Great response. MAKE them turn you away.

He won't allow it to become a battleground? Who made it a battleground?