Nazis in uniforms with swastika patches, some in face masks, waving red and black swastika flags and one even carrying a sign reading “Protect White Children” gathered outside Cathedral of Hope as congregants were leaving after the 8:30 a.m.
service on Sunday, Oct. 8. (Photos by Mike Hendrix) Staff and congregants at Cathedral of Hope United Church of Christ are no strangers to protests.
The Oak Lawn church, known as the largest church in the world with a primarily LGBTQ membership, has long been a target of the “gays will burn in hell” so-called Christians and, more recently, the “all gays are pedophiles” crowd claiming they are protecting innocent children.
But the group that turned up outside the church Sunday morning, Oct. 8, was something altogether different. Sunday morning, as those who attended Cathedral’s 8:30 a.m.