Co-host of The View, Sunny Hostin, has slammed those in the Catholic Church who believe that Pride parades are dangerous for children - saying that Jesus Christ himself would have attended, given the opportunity.
The comments were made in response to Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin, who last week tweeted: "A reminder that Catholics should not support or attend LGBTQ 'Pride Month' events held in June."
He continued: "They promote a culture and encourage activities that are contrary to Catholic faith and morals. They are especially harmful for children."
In true ally form, Hostin wasn't having a bar of it.
“I tweeted out that my Catholic children will be attending Pride events as this Catholic will," she said, to cheers from the audience. "And you know, my faith always taught me, ‘What would Jesus do?’ And I know Jesus would be attending that Pride parade, with pride."
But she didn't stop there, bringing up the Catholic Church's long history of covering up sexual abuse.
"For a Catholic bishop to come out and say something like that given the history of pedophilia in the Catholic church, given what the Catholic church has hidden about the abuse of children, some would say that being at a Pride parade would be much safer for a child than it has been to be in a Catholic church for many years."
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