No communion for supporters of gay rights From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Date: May 31, 2004 | Copyright 2004 Deseret News (Salt Lake City). Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

CHICAGO (AP) -- Roman Catholic gay-rights supporters wearing rainbow-colored sashes to Mass were denied communion Sunday, while dozens in Minnesota had to walk around protesters to receive the holy sacrament.

About 10 people wearing the sashes stood in line to receive communion at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago, but priests refused to give them the Eucharist. One priest shook each person's hand; another made the sign of the cross on their foreheads.

"The priest told me you cannot...

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