Petition Drive Calls on Chicago's Archbishop Francis George to Resign For Comparing LGBT Community to Ku Klux Klan

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23 Dec, 2011, 01:58 ET

George's Only Road to Redemption is His Resignation, Says TWO

BURLINGTON, Vt., Dec. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Truth Wins Out launched a Change.org petition today calling on Chicago Archbishop Cardinal Francis George to resign after he incomprehensibly compared the LGBT community to the Ku Klux Klan. George's over-the-top remarks were so extreme that they shredded his credibility and permanently damaged his ability to serve as a respected voice of reason.

http://www.change.org/petitions/call-on-chicagos-archbishop-cardinal-francis-george-to-resign

"It is outrageous that Cardinal George would place law-abiding, peaceful citizens in the same category as a notoriously violent hate group," said Truth Wins Out's Executive Director Wayne Besen. "George's resignation is his only road to redemption and if he has a shred of dignity and a sliver of class he will immediately step down."

George's offensive remarks came during a dispute over the scheduled starting time of the annual gay pride parade in June. The event was originally set to begin at 10am, but a priest bitterly complained that the starting time would interfere with morning services.  

In an interview with Fox News in Chicago, Cardinal George said: "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."

Truth Wins Out (TWO) is a nonprofit that fights anti-LGBT religious extremism. TWO specializes in turning information into action by organizing, advocating and fighting for LGBT equality.

SOURCE Truth Wins Out

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