Catholic University Cancels LGBT Awareness Month ‘Milk’ Screening

FILE - This file photo from April 1977 shows San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk in the mayor's office during the signing of the city's gay rights bill in San Francisco. A new concert piece about slain gay rights le... FILE - This file photo from April 1977 shows San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk in the mayor's office during the signing of the city's gay rights bill in San Francisco. A new concert piece about slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk by Tony Award-nominee Andrew Lippa will have its world premiere in June in San Francisco. Producers said Monday, April 1, 2013, that “I Am Harvey Milk” _ part choral, part theater _ will be performed June 27-28 as part of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus 35th Anniversary Celebration concert. (AP Photo/file) MORE LESS
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The Catholic University of America nixed a Wednesday screening of the film “Milk,” a biopic about the first openly gay official to be elected to public office, Catholic news website Crux reported.

The Washington, D.C. school’s College Democrats organized the event as part of LGBT Awareness Month. Students told Crux that the school approved the screening and a panel about the gay rights movement and Democratic politics last month.

“I was extremely disappointed that this was happening. I thought this was an incredibly asinine decision that the school made,” College Democrats member Jackson Tovar told Crux.

On Wednesday morning, school officials told students that they were concerned with the size of the rainbow flag on the flyer and had a problem with the description of the event as part of LGBT Awareness Month.

Catholic University does not permit events that advocate beliefs contrary to those of the Catholic Church. In 2012 the school did not allow students to form an LGBT student group.

In a statement, the College Democrats said they were “disappointed” that the event was cancelled, but said that they would try to reschedule it for a later date.

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