Bishop Paprocki: The Law of the Heart is Love
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ:
“June is Pride Month.” That is the message proclaimed on banners hung from lamp posts in downtown Springfield. The rainbow flag is flying above the State Capitol on the flagpole beneath the United States flag and the State of Illinois flag. Rainbow flags are festooned across the front of the Governor’s Mansion as directed by its current occupant, Governor J. B. Pritzker. Pride and rainbows: a slogan and a symbol co-opted by the LGBTQ+ movement to promote lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues.
Businesses and sports teams have bought into the hype. Major League Baseball teams are hosting “pride nights” this month. The Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team has taken its disgraceful promotional event a step further by hosting a night that will honor the “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence,” whom Bishop Robert Barron has described as “an anti-Catholic hate group” whose members dress up in religious garb and describe themselves as “queer and trans nuns.”
Bishops, baseball players, and others have criticized the Dodgers for their religious bigotry. As the statement of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles says, “The decision to honor a group that clearly mocks the Catholic faith and makes light of the sincere and holy vocations of our women religious who are an integral part of our Church is what has caused disappointment, concern, anger, and dismay from our Catholic community.”
Our government is also promoting the LGBTQ+ movement, not only here in the United States, but around the world. President Joe Biden recently scolded the President of Uganda for signing legislation that imposes criminal penalties for homosexual acts. President Biden also threatened to withdraw American financial assistance from the East African country unless Uganda repeals the law.
Such threats are quite ironic coming from the man who has called white supremacy the “most dangerous threat to our homeland security.” Apparently President Biden does not see that it is inherently racist and arrogant for the white leader of the United States to lecture an African nation on what laws are right for the country.
