The story we brought you last week of 17-year old Lennon Cihak being denied confirmation for supporting marriage equality made national headlines and provoked one of the Diocese's priest to defend the decision over the weekend. 

So, what did Father Gary LaMoine have to tell his parishioners about the church's homophobic move?

Humanity wins when civil rights wins, but The Assumption Church in Barnesville, Minnesota is acting like a big, sore loser after bigotry lost at the ballot box last week. Details follow. 

It's not exactly news that many religious leaders aren't thrilled about the prospect of same-sex marriage.

It is, however, a little surprising to hear a Catholic leader in the United States go so far as to say that that Catholic individuals that support same-sex marriage should "refrain from receiving Holy Communion."

Basically, you don't have to participate in a same-sex marriage to be ostracized. If you happen to simply not be a bigot, then you should have to stop participating in one of the key traditions of your religious faith. 

More after the jump.

Father Martin McVeigh, the Irish priest who accidentally played gay porn during a slide-show for parents of Catholic schoolchildren, is the victim of a suspiciously convenient theft. Details follow. 

Father Marcel Guarnizo has plenty of times on his rosary-laced hands now that he's been suspended by the Archdiocese of Washington. In fact, he's utilized a healthy portion of his new-found freedom to write a lengthy statement to the Catholic News Agency, explaining his side of the allegations that he turned a woman's funeral into a homophobia freak show. Details follow. 

The Archdiocese of Washington (D.C.) has suspended Father Marcel Guarnizo for "intimidating behavior" after he refused to give a woman communion at her mother's funeral. Details follow. 

Updated Thursday, 1:30 p.m. EST

Father Marcel Guarnizo denied Barbara Johnson communion at her own mother's funeral because she's lesbian. Not ready to settle for a simple apology, Barbara has set out for the homophobic priest's collar. 

“We have to call it for what it is – it’s bullying behavior. It’s not the work of Jesus Christ." -- Father Michael Tegeder on the anti-gay DVDs mailed to Catholics in Minnesota.

It was only last month when leaders of the Catholic church in Minnesota mailed 400,000 anti-gay, anti-equality DVDs to parishioners, a plot to frighten them into church-sanctioned bigotry. While the backlash was immediately noticable, it might have reached fever pitch this week.

First, over the weekend Father Michael Tegeder penned a story published in the Minnesota Star Tribune blasting MN Archbishop John Nienstedt for the fallacies in the DVD.

"In every serious study, poverty is the top reason for marital breakdowns," writes Tegederr. "It is very...