Boston priest attends gay pride festivities

Quote of the Day: Boston priest Walter Cuenin

"I told a friend of mine ... that I was going to be here today, speaking at a gay pride interfaith service, and she said to me, `What's a Catholic priest doing at a gay pride service?' My response was, `Why wouldn't a Catholic priest be here?' In the tradition of my own Christian faith, it seems to me, as I read it, that Jesus was always with those who were often the target of hatred and persecution."

-- The Rev. Walter Cuenin, speaking June 11 at an interfaith prayer service that was part of Boston's gay pride festivities. He was quoted by The Boston Globe.