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Archbishop Under Fire for Church Teaching on Homosexuality Supported by Catholic Parents
By John Connolly
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, November 29, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Minnesota Majority, a non-partisan issue advocacy group seeking to restore traditional values to Minnesota's public policy, has provided the populace a method of aiding Archbishop John C. Nienstedt in the fight to affirm the Catholic Church's teaching on homosexuality.
Archbishop Nienstedt came under heavy criticism last week for writing an article defending his decision to bar advocates of the homosexual lifestyle from speaking at Catholic institutions. His article explained the Church's teaching regarding both a homosexual's obligation to chastity and the Church's obligation to support and encourage such a chaste lifestyle.
The Archbishop is enduring a strong backlash from the media in the notoriously liberal archdiocese. He has been labeled a peddler of "spiritual violence" and a persecutor of the homosexual community. The hostile articles ignored Archbishop Nienstedt's citations of recent documents promulgated by the USCCB concerning homosexuality.
Minnesota Majority, in conjunction with Catholic Parents Online, has provided two online resources to take action in support of Archbishop Nienstedt. Supporters are first encouraged to send a letter or e-mail of thanks and support to Archbishop Nienstedt: http://capwiz.com/mnmajority/issues/alert/?alertid=10565776&...
They are being encouraged to next send a letter to the editor of the Star Tribune defending the Archbishop's right to shepherd his flock: http://capwiz.com/mnmajority/issues/alert/?alertid=10591786&...
See previous LifeSiteNews coverage:
Minneapolis Archbishop Condemned for Giving Catholic Teaching on Homosexuality
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/nov/07111905.html
Proposed US Bishops Document on Homosexuality Encourages Love the Sinner but Hate the Sin
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/oct/06101907.html
New Catholic Bishop Expected to Bring Orthodoxy and Opposition to Homosexual Agenda to Minneapolis
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/jun/07060507.html
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