Because this year's Chicago Gay Pride parade was rerouted earlier this year and will pass in front of Chicago's Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Catholic leaders are speaking out against it.
"You don't want the gay liberation movement to morph into something like the Ku Klux Klan, demonstrating in the streets against Catholicism." he said on FOX Chicago Sunday.
Openly gay State Rep. Greg Harris (D-Chicago), whose district includes the Gay Pride parade route, criticized the Cardinal's “unfortunate choice of words.” Harris predicted “it probably will provoke other unfortunate words” from some gay activists.
Watch a report from Chicago's FOX affiliate, AFTER THE JUMP…
