Students protesting annual drag show at Catholic university threatened with violence

A drag performer dresses up as a Catholic religious sister and dances provocatively on stage while wearing a gay pride flag. / rYN/YouTube Nov 8, 2018Boston, Mass., May 19, 2023 / 13:30 pm (CNA).A small group of students who protested an annual drag show at the Catholic Loyola University Chicago told CNA that a group of counterprotesters destroyed their signs, disparaged their faith, and later threatened them with violence on social media. Rising juniors Emily Torres and Matthew McKenna resorted to protesting the April 14 event, which has been held on campus since at least 2018, after school administrators refused to accede to their requests that the event be canceled. The students had told officials they believed the drag show promotes values in contradiction with Catholic teaching.According to their account, when the two students staged a protest outside of the event held at the university's Mullady Theater, a crowd of counterprotesters surrounded them and ripp...

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