In September, Malesic requested all Catholic high school students across the eight-county diocese attend the event, according to an email obtained by Cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer.
Months after the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland quietly implemented a policy restricting LGBTQ people, dozens of students and alumni from local Catholic schools protested the rules outside a diocesan event downtown Nov. 1.CLEVELAND, Ohio – Dozens of students and alumni from local Catholic schools protested Wednesday against a diocesan policy that critics say restricts the rights of LGBTQ people.
“The bishop’s new policy is teaching heterosexual and cisgender children to exclude others and just foster hatred,” she said. “It’s teaching LGBTQ children they should just hide themselves and be ashamed of who they are.” In September, Malesic requested all Catholic high school students across the eight-county diocese attend the event, according to an email obtained by cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer.
Cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer reached out to the diocese for a statement regarding the Revival Rally and the protest. Several school buses shuttled students to the event, which drew youths from across the region. “And I think they should just continue with that policy. Parents know their children and love their children and love them as they are. And they shouldn’t get in the way of that, and they should let parents love their children. They can learn a lot from us.”
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