Rainbow Sash Movement thanks Archbishop Niederauer for tolerating parish’s homosexual activism
WASHINGTON, DC, December 6, 2011 – An organization dedicated to advancing acceptance of homosexuality in the Catholic Church is thanking the archbishop of San Francisco for tolerating a San Francisco church’s activism for their cause. Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in San Francisco, a parish that is known nationally for its homosexual activism, invited Otis Charles, the former Episcopal bishop of Utah, to preach at its November 30 Advent Vespers service . Members of the Rainbow Sash Movement prepare to protest Catholic Church teaching on homosexuality at a Catholic church. Charles is well-known for having publicly ended his marriage of 42 years in 1993 and announcing he was homosexual. In April 2004, he “ married ” his partner in a ceremony attended by his nine-year-old grandson. The Rainbow Sash Movement, which lobbies for the Roman Catholic Church to give its homosexual and transgendered members Holy Communion, says it is “encouraged” that Archbishop George Hugh Niederauer ma