Pride?

Okay, let me begin by saying I find so-called Pride Month abhorrent. If I recall correctly, it used to be Gay Pride Day, and was celebrated on the last Sunday (of course, they chose a Sunday) of June when active homosexuals would parade and exhibit their lifestyle. As a Christian, as a Catholic deacon who accepts the magisterial teaching of the Catholic Church, I find it so very sad that anyone would publicly take pride in living a sinful lifestyle. Now, if you’re an atheist, an agnostic, or someone who believes sin and evil are fanciful creations, irrational concepts dreamed up by religious fanatics, I suppose you might actually welcome the pride supposedly experienced by these people. It takes a kind of amoral attitude to accept or even tolerate the celebration of sinfulness.. 

Today, as many predicted, the celebration has expanded to include a wide range of warped lifestyles, so the focus has evolved beyond homosexuality and now reflects a simpler, more inclusive, title, “Pride Month.” Hence we find the commentators, news readers, and politicians stumbling over the ever-changing, politically correct collection of letters — e.g., LGBTQIA+ — that represent a range of deviant lifestyles few can actually identify.

But what aggravates me more than the mere promotion of Pride Month is the attempt to make everyone on earth support and extol it. Employees of corporations, government workers, police officers, members of the military, even school children are expected to fall in line and not resist the push to normalize public sinfulness. Of course we’re all sinners, but that doesn’t mean we should celebrate our sins. All I can do is continue to resist anything that celebrates evil and pray for the ongoing conversion of all (including me). If, as faithful Christians, we all do this, then we can let God handle all the world’s confusion. After all, He’s especially good at that.