Keeping Theological Questions from Turning Political, by Casey Chalk 

By Casey Chalk, The Catholic Thing, Oct. 28, 2023

Casey Chalk is the author of The Obscurity of Scripture and The Persecuted. He is a contributor for Crisis Magazine, The American Conservative, and New Oxford Review. He has degrees in history and teaching from the University of Virginia and a master’s in theology from Christendom College.

Recently, the “Cathedral of Hope,” the self-proclaimed largest LGBTQ+-friendly church in the world, held a special “Pride service” to bless members of the drag community. It was an act of protest against Texas’s Senate Bill 12, which aims to restrict “sexually oriented performances on public property, on the premises of a commercial enterprise, or in the presence of a child.” Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah was there to report on the event – which included Dallas members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group of “queer and trans nuns” – and offer commentary on the groups of protesters standing outside.

“Cathedral of Hope members advised me to keep a distance from the protesters. I approached them anyway,” declared the fearless Attiah, who would certainly not be intimidated by “a dozen or so Catholic protesters holding rosaries.” She decided to pose a “theological question” to the leader of the Catholic protestors. “Drag queens have been around for decades,” she noted. “I grew up watching men dressing as women on TV and in the movies. Why the outrage now?” …

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