Reverend Richard Bucci of Rhode Island is under fire for the ban and pedophilia comments he made while defending it.
to honor the separation of church and state and"stop denying the sacraments to lawmakers with whom he disagrees."
adds:"Communion, a sacred form of worship started by Jesus Christ himself, should never be turned into a political weapon. We need to showthat Catholics and other Christians are outraged whenever worship is hijacked for political purposes. "Pope Francis has made clear that mercy, welcome, and pastoral sensitivity should be hallmarks of the church—which are all the exact opposite of publicly turning people away from worship. We should never play politics with Holy Communion, during this or any election."'s decision while signing the petition.
"If the Catholic Church is going to keep behaving like a right-wing political organization—ending the separation of Church and State—then it is time to start taxing them and to stop exempting them from secular legislation," wrote Ann in"You make me ashamed to live in Rhode Island," added Nadine from Newport."You are making the name of Christianity repugnant.
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