Moonlit_Angel
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That is so stupid. Why the fuck should someone's sexual orientation matter in regards to whether or not they're a priest?
Argh.
Angela
Argh.
Angela
anitram said:I think some people (at least ones I know) continue to give money because it goes to Catholic charities they support and hold dear to their hearts. So it's a bit of a double edged sword for them - like one said to me, you don't cut your nose off to spite your face.
MrsSpringsteen said:
But honestly now it is starting to get to me personally. I don't ask anyone else in here to answer for their religious/atheist/whatever beliefs and observances, so I don't wish to answer for mine anymore.
melon said:The Vatican banning all gay priests? So who are they going to have left *for* priests?
indra said:I have a question that's a bit off topic, but it does relate to my feelings for the issue. My question is a Catholic friend once mentioned that her family was told how much money they were expected to give to the Church in offerings and they were chastised if the amount they gave wasn't considered enough. Is this a common practice, or was it just some renagade parish?
melon said:The Vatican banning all gay priests? So who are they going to have left *for* priests?
At least more people now know the true colors of the Catholic Church, and I hope more people will register their disgust by ending their contributions to the church and, even better, no longer attending their services. Otherwise, it is implicit support for their bigotry.
Melon
Irvine511 said:
but, hey, it's still socially acceptable (and legally sanctioned) to discriminate against gay people, so what has the church go to lose?
Dreadsox said:What I think most disturbing is that it would lead me to believe the POPE thinks that gay men are pedophiles.....
Irvine511 said:nothing, absolutely nothing, makes me angrier than the conflation of homosexuality wtih pedophilia.
melon said:And, yet, we have people out there who had been salivating over the Olsen twins, counting down the days until they turned 18. That, somehow, is socially acceptable? Ewww.
melon said:
As I see it, it's one evidence of many that the Vatican is the last group that should be able to claim that they represent God.
Melon
indra said:
No group, no individual should be accepted if they claim to represent God. Any god.
If a god (or gods) exists, it would not be represented by mere humans.
Irvine511 said:^ it goes along with "sodomy is an abomination!"
but two chicks is pretty hot ...
XHendrix24 said:Well, if it's just active gays, I don't think it's too big of a deal then. Priests aren't supposed to be having sex anyway, right? I can understand that.
melon said:
I wish the Vatican would then write a document banning active heterosexual priests.
VertigoGal said:Personally I can't understand why a gay person would even give the Vatican and more conservative American Catholic churches the time of day.
Irvine511 said:
but don't you see? this simple fact negates all his good qualities.
and it's amazing how many gay people -- this one included, until fairly recently -- believe that as well.
melon said:The Vatican banning all gay priests? So who are they going to have left *for* priests?