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2023-06-15 02:11:38 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8AC580E8279ADC9BD3A6C4AFFF8EA59B6FD6BCBF0901D8C41E6321DDAF48CC0A
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The Bishop is expressing his opinion that the SPI is an "anti-Catholic hate group." This can be misleading, as the SPI has long operated as a queer and civil rights group; calling it a "hate group" may erroneously imply that queer rights are an attack on Catholicism https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/drag-troupe-sisters-perpetual-indulgence-mark-40-years-dragtivism-n996701 https://web.archive.org/web/20040923141122/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=%2Fchronicle%2Farchive%2F1999%2F03%2F24%2FED80103.DTL https://storiedsf.libsyn.com/s2e17-part-1-sister-mary-media-on-the-sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence-origin-story-part-of-our-sisters-at-40-series https://www.thesisters.org/sistory https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Sisters-of-Perpetual-Indulgence-have-history-of-2518235.php https://outreach.faith/2023/05/who-are-the-sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence-and-why-does-a-real-catholic-sister-see-them-as-kindred-spirits/ https://muse.jhu.edu/article/48660
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