Letter: Cross symbolizes oppression for some

I am the person who filed the complaint with the city to have the cross at St. Jude's removed. As an openly gay man and former member, who was confirmed through St. Jude's parish, you want to know what that cross represents to me every time I have to pass it on my way to and from my home?

The cross is a reminder that the Catholic Church sees me and every other member of the gay community as a second-class citizen. So much so the bishop or one of his spokesmen fights to makes sure that the gay community does not receive the same rights as the straight community. They fight to make sure that we are not allowed to marry, keep our jobs, rent a place to live.

So when most Catholics look at a cross and see a sign of "compassion and self-sacrifice," they need to realize that when I and millions others look at a cross we see a sign of oppression, death and misery.
- Michael J. Golojuch Jr.