Who says certain Lutheran sects get to have all the anti-gay religious fun? The Catholic Church of New Jersey is turning to Jesus to fight this evil cadre of homosexuals.
And it's just in time for the Garden State's introduction of marriage equality legislation!
A letter circulating the Catholic churches of America's armpit — signed by "bishops from Newark, Metuchen, Trenton, Paterson and Camden" ‐ warns parishioners that gay fmilies are going to eat their children. Or something as ridiculous.
"As citizens, Catholics also have the right and responsibility to oppose laws and policies that unjustly target people as bigots or that subject them to charges of unlawful discrimination," reads the letter in part, "simply because they believe and teach that marriage is the union of man and a woman. … As Catholics, we must not stand by in silence in the face of the many challenges that threaten marriage and, in turn, children and the public good."
And before you get to thinking New Jersey Catholics are merely against any unmarried person caring for children, they've cleared that up: single heteros are A-OK! "Supporting single-parent families, as a just and compassionate society must do is far different than deliberately creating motherless and fatherless families and holding them out to be the same as marriages."
Meanwhile, the church is being very careful not to endorse any specific legislation, or politician, because that could run afoul of its tax-exempt status. Rather, they just urge their minions to care. And that is what this Catholic Church is all about, right? Caring.
Alas, there's this LOL:
Official Catholic teachings against same-sex marriage are widely known, although polls indicate U.S. Catholics don't collectively heed church teachings. In a Washington Post/ABC poll this spring, 46 percent of white Catholics favored legalizing same-sex marriage, compared with 49 percent of the general population.
But hey, New Jersey's Catholic churches know what's best for children, right?
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If Jesus came back today. He would vomit and then get back in his space ship and leave immediately. Whats the problem with religion? Humans run it…..
Hmmmm, and yet the Pope is still sheltering Boston's former Arch Bishop/Cardinal who sheilded all those priests from facing prosecution for raping hundreds of children. So I guess, people who protect child rapists are ok with the church.
So .. you want me to pay attention to a group of people whose collective symbol is a miniature representation of a person being tortured to death?
Yeah .. right … bye!
Of course they are going to protect boys from gays adopting them…….. if the are adopted and removed from foster and group homes, that reduces the number of little pee pees which are available………… (Ya know someone might want to tell them its best to maybe lay real low on this one! you know so people won't put posts up like mine!)
STEVENELLIOT – Funny…I almost spit my drink out when reading yours…lol
"As Catholics, we must not stand by in silence in the face of the many challenges that threaten marriage and, in turn, children and the public good."
… like child molesting Catholic priests?
"As citizens, Catholics have the right and the responsibility to hold civil authorities accountable for their stewardship of the institution of marriage."
Nonsense. As citizens, Catholics should not use their particular religious beliefs to suppress the civil rights of others.
Catholics should always be free to define marriage as their theology dictates. In fact, Catholics already successfully exist in a society where divorce and re-marriage are allowed, even though Catholicism prohibits it. Catholics don't force the rest of society to live by Catholic rules prohibiting divorce. Why should they force society to live by its strict definition of marriage?
Let government encourage committment and stability for those born gay. Let each religious sect define its own "marriage" rules as it sees fit, but let no particular religion restrict public, civil marriage.
(I'm sure I'm preaching to choir here, so to speak.)
Did you know it's easier to get a gun than it is to get health care in the United States. Oops sorry, I guess this point has already been proven by the republican party town hall protests.
God Bless America.
What's so depressing, is that the Bible was a parable based on gnostic teachings.
It's not a book that's based on actual events at all.
Jesus never existed. Even Paul say's it – 'Jesus arose and ascended within a mythical realm'
I.e. – Jesus was a mythical character.
It wasn't until Constantine added and adapted, eliminated etc etc that Jesus became a 'real' person.
So when people say -'I have Jesus in my life' it actually doesn't mean anything at all. That's like saying 'I have Santa Claus in my life'. Or 'I have Zeus in my life'.
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