Whether it was equal employment rights, equal access to housing and public accommodations, let alone equal marriage rights, the Catholic leadership could always be counted on to oppose equal rights for LGBT people behind the scenes, if not openly. On …

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With the recent victories for equal marriage rights in California and Washington state, full marriage rights for same-sex couples is finally on the legislative agenda in Springfield. But standing in the way is Chicago’s Cardinal Francis George, who can be …

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Chicago’s Cardinal George recently got himself in hot water by comparing gay rights demonstrators to the KKK, then defending that comment on at least two occasions subsequently, before finally saying “sorry” in a short note posted on the Archdiocesan website. …

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Joe Murray of the Catholic, pro-LGBT Rainbow Sash organization is interviewed by Bob Schwartz of the Gay Liberation Network regarding a forthcoming protest against Chicago Cardinal Francis George at Holy Name Cathedral on February 13, 2011. Originally broadcast February 11, …

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