‘Mocking everything sacred, the service looked like a Drag Queen Show, applauding sin, ridiculing the Church, and defiling the house of God,’ a flyer for the rally said.
Maybe they got the idea from Shane MacGowan's funeral which was hours long and live streamed on Facebook and Twitter. I'll link to part of it; the part where they sing the full lyrics to Fairy Tale of New York which if it can be played in what purports to be a Catholic Church during Mass, I guess it can be shown here : "You're a bum You're a punk You're an old slut on junk Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed You scumbag, you maggot You cheap lousy faggot Happy Christmas your arse" Everyone standing, singing, dancing, talking, more profane song performances, recounteuring, clapping, more dancing, more hi jinx. Absolutely nothing reverencing God within a mile of it. One Irish priest did call it a scandal, but he was villainized. Two Irish priest's excused and defended the whole thing. There was nothing about this funeral which was in any way tamer or less blasphemous than anything that went on at St. Patrick's. In fact, I think MacGowan's funeral was worse. People like Shane way more than they do transvestite prostitutes though, so it was all okay. 'Fairytale of New York' played at Shane MacGowan's funeral