Comments on: Appalling: Priest Denies Lesbian Communion at Her Mother’s Funeral, Walks Out Abruptly

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By: ricky lee

ricky lee — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:16:12 +0000

That lesbian should have known better than to have walked in to that church. She should have known that a Real lesbian would not have stepped in the church in the first place no matter what the occasion. She might as well be a republican for not obeying the gay guidelines at all times. She did that to herself. Next time don’t use a church for a funeral. It’s not the 1500′s anymore, you don’t have to use a church or a priest for anything anymore.

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Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:16:35 +0000

[...] lesbian who gave her deceased mother a Catholic funeral according to her final wishes, only to be denied communion by the priest. Fr. Marcel Guarnizo also refused to deliver the final blessing at the [...]

By: Truth Wins Out - Another Day, Another Catholic Assault on LGBT People and Allies

Truth Wins Out - Another Day, Another Catholic Assault on LGBT People and Allies — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:16:57 +0000

[...] Church in its crusade against loving LGBT relationships. On Monday the nation learned about Barbara Johnson, a lesbian woman who was denied communion at her mother’s funeral in Maryland because she [...]

By: Paul Douglas

Paul Douglas — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:48:23 +0000

John @ 18
I haven’t heard from staff members from St John Neumann’s yet. Methinks this is a hotbed of Blue Army fellow-travelers.

By: Paul Douglas

Paul Douglas — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:45:45 +0000

Greg: Your spelling and syntax is pretty poor.
The fact is buddy, many parishes within the roman tradition in urban areas of North America do not openly discriminate against gay and lesbian people at communion or otherwise. We have no idea if this particular woman knew the priest officiating at her mom’s funeral was a homophobic (and likely self-loathing closeted homosexual) prick. This a*****e decided to publicly humiliate this woman in a time of deep personal loss, which doesn’t strike me as being a good representative of Jesus, though it is a marvelously accurate representation of the hypocrisy of men like Karol Wojtyla and Joseph Alois Ratzinger (and a host of other self-loathing homosexual bigots like Dolan, Levada, etc., etc.). When a church like the romanist one decides to get into the political arena and legislate against reproductive rights for women and civil marriage rights for gays and lesbians who are nonmembers of their cult, then we have not only the right but the duty to oppose them in any way possible. And pointing out the self-promotion and the hypocrisy of how this roman clergy acts is in my humble opinion, the best way to do that.

By: Emma

Emma — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:41:27 +0000

Excuse my language Greg but what the hell is a lesbian lifestyle? Also, the priest wasn’t willing to be kind to a woman at HER MOTHER’S FUNERAL? I fail to understand the moral legitimacy of the RCC.

By: greg

greg — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:28:01 +0000

well, lets review the action.
1. Catholic church. This organization is/has a stringent policy against homosexuality. It is well known. There is no day off from this attitude even at a funeral. what is this lesbian lady thinking? Maybe, because my mom is dead i will get a pass for my lifestyle at her funeral at a Caholic Church?
2. Communion? pardon me? Communion is NOT “given” to everyone: just practicing Catholics. C’mon even Baptists, Lutherns and the like would not recieve communion either.
3. Eulogy why 2? any other control you want to take away. Female pall bearer? kinda odd.

so before we go and burn down churches lets try to look at from the side.
would it have been so terrible to just attend the service at a place that you hold in contempt or at minimun can’t honor/respect the religious dogma this organization holds dear. Obviously, she never met this priest before, but her mom knew him. If she would have met him she probaby would have found out that he is textbook/old school Catholic priest and has doesn’t approve of “alternate lifestyles.” Really how many Catholic priest would serve communion to a lesbian that brought her significant other? C’mon… if you wanna be gay …be gay, but act like religious dogma doesn’t rule at the function.
appears to me the daughter just upset the priest as much as he upset her. Who is wrong? the daughter is. she knew and knows that her family religion is not compatiable with her lifestyle. Instead of quite reflection in a house of God she decieded to make a change and it did not work well for her.

By: Truth Wins Out - Catholics React to Antigay Priest’s Disruption of Funeral

Truth Wins Out - Catholics React to Antigay Priest’s Disruption of Funeral — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:38:30 +0000

[...] John Becker wrote yesterday about the Rev. Marcel Guarnizo, the Maryland priest who denied Communion and disrupted a parish [...]