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Obie supports the cause for queer Catholics in D.C.
To the Editors:
I am a heterosexual (so far) Methodist who drove to Washington, D.C. last week to stand in solidarity with queer Catholics. Four other Obies and I joined people from all over the country to stand vigil, asking the Catholic Church to let all its members participate fully, regardless of their sexual orientations. We were there with a non-profit group called Soulforce, which uses nonviolent methods to ask churches to embrace their queer members.
Next to me in the vigil line last week was a woman who held a sign that read, “I am Catholic. I am the proud mother of a gay son.” We stood outside the hotel where all the Catholic bishops in the United States were staying. We held signs and handed out fliers that explained why we stood there. One day, we spent eight hours in vigils.
I believe that there is little difference between standing up for my own rights and standing up for the rights of others. As Martin Luther King, Jr. put it, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Why did I go to D.C. to support a group to which I don’t belong? Because queer Catholics are part of a bigger group to which I do belong: human beings. Put in words that fit my personal worldview, I went to D.C. as a fellow child of God.
–Rachael Wylie, College senior
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