Comments on: POPE AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE

By: Brad DeLong

Brad DeLong — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Considerably scarier is the document's claim that my friend M---- and her significant other E---- are "doing violence" to their adopted son J---- by raising him in a lesbian home.

Those who work for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith are truly lost in a dark wood in the middle of their lives, and they have no Virgil to guide them.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Brad,

No dispute with you there. Of course, I'm not a Catholic and--if the old joke is to be believed--the Pope is.

By: Misanthroyst

Misanthroyst — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

"...would render them a a joke."

Sorry. That one caused me to spurt some cola from my nose. A cult of majority-homosexuals who have publically renounced any form of adult sexuality decide that gay unions are evil? How's that 'ass-fucking vulnerable adolesent males' problem coming along?

Christ, grow up...

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I certainly am not above making pedophile priest jokes. And, while I'm no fan of organized religion as a whole, I think it's unfair to confuse the wrongdoing of individuals with the policies of the institution. The fact that the American church seems to be attracting large numbers of disturbed gay priests into its seminaries is a huge problem and the fact that a large number of the leaders in the American church would rather condone pedophilia than risk causing embarrasment for the Church is outrageous. But those things were never part of Catholic doctrine.

Clearly, homosexuality, sodomy, fornication, and other non-marital, non-procreative sex has long been forbidden by Catholic doctrine. This isn't a new invention. To the extent the Church has any credibility--and I think it has very little in the West these days--it has to stand for millenia-old beliefs and the adherence to scripture.

By: Misanthroyst

Misanthroyst — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I dunno, when I was a kid eating meat on Friday (non-sexual) was a mortal sin, dooming your soul to hell forever. Then it wasn't. What happened to the poor peeps inside already after the statute changed? Parole? Air-conditioning? Ice cream Saturdays??

By: Misanthropyst

Misanthropyst — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

The Assmen Cometh
A cult composed mostly of homosexuals who all publically renounce adult sexual relationships of any sort have decided that gay unions are evil. Thanks for your input. How's that 'ass-fucking vulnerable adolescent boys' problem coming along?

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