Homosexual protesters call cardinal ‘arch bigot’ for opposing same-sex ‘marriage’
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS , February 13, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – As parishioners gathered for Sunday Mass , a radical group of homosexual activists protested outside Chicago’s Holy Name Cathedral, calling Francis Cardinal George the city’s “arch-bigot” for defending marriage. Carrying placards and spouting slogans on the sidewalk as worshipers entered the sanctuary, members of the Gay Liberation Network instructed Catholics to “give up hate for Lent.” Cardinal Francis George David E. Smith, executive director of the Illinois Family Institute told LifeSiteNews.com the Gay Liberation Network is “a tiny group of radical activists who are trying to intimidate and name-call religious leaders like Cardinal George to try to coerce them into silence for standing up for God’s institution of marriage.” The protests have been an annual event since at least 2005, he said. Last year, the group swarmed the cathedral as police did nothing . In 2005, the Gay Liberation Netwo...