With Pride Month just kicking off, I’ve already heard a common rebuttal to queer celebrations: “It’s not Pride Month, it’s the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.” As a Catholic myself, it’s disheartening to see the faith weaponized in the name of condemning others; Pride Month is not opposed to the teachings of Jesus in my life experience.

One of the pinnacle moments in the Gospel of St Matthew occurs during the Sermon on the Mount, when Jesus delivers what are now known as the Beatitudes, including: “Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted,” “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven,” and “Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.”

During Pride Month, do we not mourn the lives lost to bigotry? Do we n

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