Gay ashes.
“Sashay, sashay, sashay, sashay, sashay.”
Rainbow Sashers plan to greet the Pope when he visits next month with whistles and ashes instead of confetti. It is in protest of how the sexual abuse crises was handled and ongoing discrimination against gay people by the Catholic Church.
That’s mature.
From PinkNews:
A group that works for the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans in the Roman Catholic church is planning a series of protests against Pope Benedict during his visit to the US next month.
The Rainbow Sash Movement said it is calling on “Catholics of good will” to take the Papal visit as an opportunity to shower the Pope mobile with ashes instead of confetti.
“Ashes are an ancient and appropriate greeting for a sinner who has caused the Church so much division and pain - we will also be greeting him with whistles,” RSM said in a statement.
“We will not enter any Churches but we will bring ashes to reign down on the Popes motorcade, and call on individuals to blow whistles at any public papal events such as outside of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Ground Zero, St. Joseph’s Seminary, and Yankee Stadium as a sign of our disgust over the way the clergy abuse scandal has been handled under his leadership,” the group said in a statement. - PinkNews
(Thanks to Paula for the story.)
