MOCKING SOME MINORITIES IS CORRECT

On Easter Sunday, the "Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence", a group of mostly gay men who dress in strange looking Nun's habits, elaborate make-up and wigs, celebrated their 20th anniversary in San Francisco. The Sisters also received unanimous approval from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to close a section of a city street in the Castro district for this celebration.

The Sisters are known for openly ridiculing Catholicism, performing "classy" acts, such as an "exorcism" during the Pope's visit in 1987 and holding a "Condom Savior Mass." The Sisters twist traditional church garments, symbols, and ceremonies into sexual displays in their open mockery of the Church. One doesn't have to be Catholic to understand why this would be, oh, maybe just a tad offensive.

Would the city officials of San Francisco permit a similar group to dress up on the feast day of the Eid ul-Adha, and make a mockery of the faith of Muslim pilgrims? Would the city officials embrace a group that planned to dress up as Orthodox rabbis or Orthodox Jewish men and women to make a mockery of the Orthodox Jewish faith on Yom Kippur or during Passover? Or better yet, how about a group of people impersonating African Americans, mocking their culture? Cries of intolerance and bigotry would abound, and very likely, the group would not gain approval from the city to close a street for their party.

Oh wait... I almost forgot. Catholic bashing is politically correct, and has been for a while now. Remember when Sinead O'Connor ripped up a picture of the Pope on Saturday Night live, back in 1993? People applauded her actions. Can you imagine if she tore up a picture of Ghandi? Jesse Jackson? Would people have applauded that?