Colin Collette, former music director at Holy Family Catholic Church in Illinois, says his partner, William Nifong, asked to “marry” him while they stood in front of St. Peter’s Basilica on a recent trip to Rome. In Illinois and Chicago, thanks to Catholic Democrat politicians, same-sex marriage is legal, so the two men planned a wedding. When Colin returned to the Chicago area, Father Terry Keehan of Holy Family Catholic Church, asked Collette to resign. Colin refused, and was subsequently fired. According to Collette, someone sent Francis Cardinal George a Facebook picture of him and his husband to be. That precipitated the firing. The Chicago archdiocese said in a statement, “Those that serve as Ministers of the Church, including worship ministers, are expected to conform their lives publicly with the teachings of the Church… Pastors hire and dismiss all parish personnel and govern according to the teachings of the Church and Archdiocesan...(Read Full Article)