As reported in one local newspaper:<\/p>\n
\nBARNESVILLE, Minn. \u2013 If you want to be a Catholic, you have to be 100 percent Catholic.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the lesson one family here learned after their 17-year-old son was denied confirmation after the priest at the Assumption Church here found a pro same-sex marriage post on the teen\u2019s Facebook.<\/p>\n
The decision by the Rev. Gary LaMoine to deny the religious rite of passage for Lennon Cihak in mid-October shocked his mother, who said her son has gone to church every week and volunteered around the community in preparation for his confirmation this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou kind of know the Catholic beliefs, but I never thought they would deny somebody confirmation because you weren\u2019t 100 percent. I guess that\u2019s what shocks me,\u201d Shana Cihak said.<\/p>\n
The Facebook post in question was a photo of Lennon in front of an altered political sign. Originally reading \u201cVote Yes\u201d on the Minnesota Marriage Amendment, which would have changed the state\u2019s constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman, Lennon scribbled out the \u201cyes\u201d and replaced it with \u201cNO!\u201d<\/p>\n
Shana, who said she was confirmed at the same church, was called into a private conversation with the priest soon after the photo was discovered and was told her son wouldn\u2019t be allowed to complete confirmation. <\/p>\n
Barnesville teen denied Catholic confirmation after Facebook post supporting gay marriage<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The story went national as a front page article on one of the most widely read progressive political blogs, DailyKos:<\/p>\n