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Churches and schools have been flying the gay pride flag, and that’s a problem, according to Newsmax host Greg Kelly.
“Have you seen this new trend — putting the gay pride flag in front of and on churches? What does that have to do with anything? I feel, as somebody’s who’s quite frankly not gay, I feel like that’s a little exclusionary, actually. You could say, also, disrespectful on a lot of levels. But how am I supposed to feel? And why are they talking about that? Why are they emphasizing that?” he said during a segment Wednesday, focusing on the gay pride flag first.
“I happen to know some people, maybe you do too, way back in the day, you know, in their 20s, you know, whatever, college, maybe they went to a strip club. Should we have strippers, ‘Hustler,’ all those things on the outside of the church because some people, to have a good time, want to go to a strip club?” he asked. “I don’t think that’s right. None of that stuff is relevant, OK. Take us imperfect. We come, and we can have a conversation with God. This is created by man, and it’s very strange.”
Kelly then drew attention to a private, Jesuit-run Catholic school in Massachusetts that’s been involving itself in political/ideological matters that have nothing to do with God by flying both the the gay pride flag and the Black Lives Matter flag.
“And it’s not just happening at churches. It’s happening at one particular school. This is the Nativity School in Worcester, Massachusetts. They got the gay pride flag. This is a parochial school, a Catholic school. And the Black Lives Matter flag. Now the Black Lives Matter flag, OK, that’s a big problem. I’m sorry, but it’s an anti-faith, socialist group. Anti-family. Just go read about it,” he said.
The Nativity School of Worcester began flying the Black Lives Matter and gay pride flags in January, according to the National Catholic Register.
In response, local Bishop Robert McManus issued a statement earlier this month noting that the flying of the flags was wrong.
“While the Catholic Church joins with our nation in teaching that all lives are equal before God and the law and that all lives demand our respect regardless of race, gender or ethnicity, the flag with the emblem Black Lives Matter has at times been coopted by some factions which also instill broad-brush distrust of police and those entrusted with enforcing our laws. We do not teach that in our schools,” he said.
“And, while we teach that everyone is created in the image and likeness of God, gay pride flags are often used to stand in contrast to consistent Catholic teaching that sacramental marriage is between a man and a woman,” McManus continued.
“Is the school committing itself to ideologies which are contrary to Catholic teaching? If so, is it still a Catholic school? As the Bishop of this diocese, I must teach that it is imperative that a Catholic School use imagery and symbols which are reflective of that school’s values and principles so as to be clear with young people who are being spiritually and morally formed for the future. While our role in a school is not to convert those who are not Catholic, nor is it our role to deny our Catholic identity,” the bishop’s statement continued.
His statement triggered an outpouring of criticism from the usual factions: the media, left-wing activists and young students.
“The bishop has drawn fire since the dispute became public April 2, when columnist Yvonne Abraham broke the news in The Boston Globe — and called Bishop McManus a ‘throwback with a miter cap and staff’ while doing it,” according to the National Catholic Register.
“An online petition signed by some students and staff at Holy Cross calls the bishop’s statement ‘ignorant and bigoted’ and asks the college to disinvite him from the school’s May 27 graduation ceremony. The petition had about 550 signers as of April 19, including about 500 students.”
But during his segment on Newsmax late Wednesday, Kelly said that he has the bishop’s back. So, he speculated, does God.
“This is the odd man out now. He has been disinvited to the graduation at Holy Cross, which is in the parish, the big university graduation. He is suffering right now. We are with you, Bishop Robert McManus. And I have a feeling somebody else is with you,” he said, pointing up.
“And our favorite president!” he added, after which he played a clip of former President Donald Trump speaking at a recent rally about Americans kneeling “to God and to God alone.”
“Gay pride? I do have an issue with that, actually. I have an issue with pride. We all should, if we’re Christians and Jews. Pride is a sin. Why is that considered good? This is not anti-gay. It’s about the pride part, actually. I don’t understand it, do you?” Kelly added before the conclusion of his segment.
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