by Patrick Condon, Associated Press
(Bloomington, Minnesota) One recent Sunday, when many priests and pastors across Minnesota were urging their flocks to support a statewide constitutional ban on gay marriage, parishioners at St. Edward's Church were instead asked to pray for "those whose human dignity is under assault by hatred and prejudice."
After reading from the Gospel According to Mark, the story of Jesus healing the leper, the Rev. Jim Barry sermonized on the need to unconditionally accept all who are in some way shunned.
"There are so many in our society who are excluded because of who they are," Barry told the congregation at this large, suburban Catholic church. "Who are outside the camp because of sexual orientation, race, gender, a disability, age ... we must remember that all of us are lepers of a sort."
(Bloomington, Minnesota) One recent Sunday, when many priests and pastors across Minnesota were urging their flocks to support a statewide constitutional ban on gay marriage, parishioners at St. Edward's Church were instead asked to pray for "those whose human dignity is under assault by hatred and prejudice."
After reading from the Gospel According to Mark, the story of Jesus healing the leper, the Rev. Jim Barry sermonized on the need to unconditionally accept all who are in some way shunned.
"There are so many in our society who are excluded because of who they are," Barry told the congregation at this large, suburban Catholic church. "Who are outside the camp because of sexual orientation, race, gender, a disability, age ... we must remember that all of us are lepers of a sort."
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