Cardinal George later defended his statements, explaining in some detail how "some" modern-day LGBTs really are KKKish. He got some flack for it. A protest was scheduled. And now, in a remarkably self-aware interiew with the Tribune, George says: I am truly sorry for the hurt my remarks have caused, particularly because we all have friends or family members who are gay and lesbian. This has evidently wounded a good number of people. I have family members myself who are gay and lesbian, so it's part of our lives. So I'm sorry for the hurt. ... When I was talking, I was speaking out of fear that I have for the church's liberty and I was reaching for an analogy which was very inappropriate, for which I'm sorry. I didn't realize the impact of what I was saying. ... Sometimes fear is a bad motivation.
The apology is apparently too little, too late to prevent a protest from the Gay Liberation Network, whose spokesperson, Andy Thayer, calls George's statement "pathetically inadequate": A few hours ago Cardinal George issued what has been termed by others as an "apology" on the Archdiocese website, even though the statement does not use that term. He said that while he was "sorry" that he hurt Lesbians and Gays, that his statement comparing gays to the KKK was "motivated by fear for the church's liberty."
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