Chicago's Catholic Cardinal Francis George Compares Gay Rights To The KKK
Dec. 24 2011, Published 3:00 p.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
The head of the Catholic Church in Chicago is being slammed for comparing gay rights groups to the KKK.
Cardinal Francis George made his shocking comments during a local Fox TV interview.
The Archbishop was asked to respond to the concerns voiced by a local pastor who'd suggested he might have to cancel Mass at his church one Sunday next June when a gay pride parade goes right past his doors.
"He's telling us that they won't be able to have church services on Sunday if that's the case. You know, you don't want the gay liberation movement to morph into something like the Ku Klux Klan, demonstrating in the streets against Catholicism." George said. "So I think if that's what's happening, and I don't know that it is, but I would respect the local pastor's, you know, position on that."
Pressed by Fox Chicago's Mike Flannery and Dane Placko, George acknowledged that it was a strong comparison, but didn't back away from it.