Priest apologizes for homophobic ‘joke’
A Catholic priest has apologized for joking during a sermon that true marriage can only be between Adam and Eve - not ”Adam and Steve”.
Reverend Frank Wainwright, a Deacon at St Gregory’s Church in Cheltenham, England, made the controversial comment during a Sunday service.
He was preaching on the theme of marriage when he claimed that same-sex civil partnerships are not considered as marriage by the Catholic church.
He said, “I totally accept that I have caused offense and I am apologizing for that. The comment is obviously not homophobic and it was just intended as a joke .. I have plenty of gay friends and I have no problem at all with them”
(Full story: telegraph.co.uk / Photo: Austin Craver)
Posted by Rob Coe on March 9th, 2010 at 2:53pm
