ITALY: US Embassy To The Vatican Recognizes LGBT Pride Month
President #Obama proclaims June as #LGBT #Pride Month— “let each of us speak for tolerance, justice, and dignity.” http://t.co/2c3jaet7ah
— U.S. in Holy See (@USinHolySee) June 3, 2014
Former NOM communications director Thomas Peters is ever so pissed. From his post at Catholic Vote:It’s nice to see where our tax dollars are going. One wonders if a rainbow flag was flying from our embassy in Rome today. Or if the embassy staff was distributing literature in St. Peter’s square today to promote awareness of homophobia and transphobia. A post like this by our embassy prompts the question, is it the position of our embassy that the Holy See is guilty of homophobia when, say, it opposes the redefinition of marriage, or is the Holy See transphobic in their eyes when it refuses ordination to a woman who undergoes sex reassignment therapy? Is the embassy saying the church does not support all youth, including those who are questioning their sexual identity? Is the embassy saying the church is intolerant?(Tipped by JMG reader Lynda)
Labels: Catholic Church, gay Pride, hate groups, NOM, Obama administration, religion, Rome, State Department, Thomas Peters, Vatican
