Homosexual Anti-Catholic Bigotry: "But Is It Art?"

This is a sample of what Harvard administrators consider art. While it's bad enough that one of the world's most prestigious schools considers pornography worthy of public display, their mindless message of bigotry is worse. Next to the image of New York's Cardinal O'Connor is a condom; the text below the condom reads "This one prevents AIDS."

Needless to say, the politically correct would condemn display of such trash as a "hate crime" were any of their ilk the target. Mind you, I'm not suggesting the notion of hate as a crime, or as an aggravating element of crime, has any merit; establishment of such a category of crime is merely an effort to further politicize the American judicial system. But if the left is all about acceptance, diversity and fairness, where's the outrage at such blatant Catholic-bashing?

Of course, persecution of the Church is standard operating procedure for many who have problems with the truth. (Those early-morning televangelists who see Revelation unfolding in the latest Arab-Israeli conflict, deride the Rosary as goddess worship and the Eucharist as a papist recipe for hot cross buns spring immediately to mind.) This is why anti-Catholicism often is referred to as the last acceptable prejudice. And why it will be with us until the end of time.

This poster, by the way, is a classic example of radical homosexual irrationality, typical of anti-life propaganda in general. The homosexual activists have it exactly backward. Had these people heeded Catholic moral teaching (again, the truth) they never would have contracted and spread AIDS. Instead, they thumbed their noses at the natural law, engaged in the most bizarre forms of physical abuse and, well, the rest is history.

It might seem ironic that the condom has become a veritable icon of homosexual culture; it is, after all, a contraceptive. On the other hand, condoms-- indeed, all contraceptives-- serve only one purpose: to reduce the human person to an object of self-gratification. In light of this, it appears sadly appropriate. (See my Jan. 28, 2009 post, "Bailing Out the Latex Industry" and my Apr. 19, 2009 post, "Obama vs. AIDS: Throwing Gasoline on the Fire.")

But I digress.

MassResistance, a pro-family, grassroots movement devoted to reversing Massachusetts' cultural collapse, notified many of us about this travesty yesterday. Their website (http://www.massresistance.org/) includes the following timely observation:

If you want to know what Americans can expect in public schools, look no further. Kevin Jennings is Barack Obama's "safe schools" czar in the US Department of Education. He's also the founder of the national homosexual group GLSEN, which sets up "gay straight alliance" clubs in high schools and middle schools across America. GLSEN is officially supported by the Massachusetts Legislature.

Jennings is also a former member of the radical homosexual group "Act Up", and he contributed to this depraved and offensive museum exhibit on "Act Up" now at Harvard University (see press release) .

This exhibit is a window into what the homosexual movement thinks of you, your children, religion, and America. It involves sexual perversion, child pornography, and anti-Catholic bigotry. And it's what your "safe schools" czar Kevin Jennings supports.

It's at Harvard University's prestigious Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts from Oct. 15 through Dec. 23, 2009.

Bill Donohue of the Catholic League (http://www.catholicleague.org/) added this earlier today:

On September 23, I wrote a news release on the curious moral credentials of Kevin Jennings to be President Obama’s Safe Schools Czar: a former drug user and irresponsible teen counselor, he is also a Christian basher. What was not known at the time is that he is also a proud member of ACT UP, the homosexual urban terrorist group that broke into St. Patrick’s Cathedral in 1989 and disrupted Mass; the Eucharist was desecrated and obscene depictions of Cardinal O’Connor were posted.

Now a group called MassResistance, and the website WorldNetDaily, have exposed Jennings as a member of ACT UP. And he is no mere member: Jennings is listed as a donor to a sick display, “ACT UP New York: Activism, Art, and the AIDS Crisis, 1987-1993,” currently featured at the Harvard Art Museum. Harvard, of course, would never feature a display of Klan paraphernalia and say it was being done for the purpose of “dialogue.”

The real story here is not the corruption of Harvard—that’s old hat—the real story is the president of the United States choosing a morally challenged anti-Catholic homosexual to join his team. That Jennings belongs to, and sponsors, an urban terrorist organization, should alone disqualify him from public service at a municipal level. And remember, Obama did not choose him to monitor global cooling—he was chosen to instruct youth on moral matters.

Catholics deserve to know why Obama likes Jennings.