As a Christian, I apologize to anyone who’s been injured or offended by that kind of vile and despicable rhetoric. And I want to say I’m getting pretty sick/tired/fed up with homophobic, misogynistic, benighted fools claiming to speak for Christianity and by extension for Christians everywhere. They do not speak for me. The Archdiocese of Guam does not speak for all Catholics, much less all Christians. Whoever wrote that utter claptrap ought to have to put his writing hand in the fire to purify it before the rest of him burns in hell.

Please understand that the Guam statement is not a statement of Christian principle. It’s a statement of hatred and bigotry and judgmental stupidity. People like this Archdiocese have chosen not to merely ignore the message of Christ or to edit it to suit themselves, but to turn it inside out, to reverse it, to alter it at its very foundation. They’ve warped religion so it’s all about themselves, their own hatred, and their failure to accept their fellow man, not about spirituality, decency, compassion, and brotherly love.

This goes so far past insane and obscene that words fail. But trust me, people: it ain’t Christian. Christ was not big on hating your fellow man. Nor did he ever say, “Reject one another as I have rejected you.” He never appointed the Catholic church to sit in twisted judgment over us all. And Christ never, ever, uttered a single word against homosexuals.

Suicide is supposed to be a mortal sin to the Catholics. So is wanton murder. Does that moron even understand what he’s praising while the church he claims to support fails it’s parishioners, it duty to mankind, and its children? And while pondering that point, find me a Gay who hasn’t had to sacrifice a very great deal just for being Gay when there are people in this world who believe as the Archdiocese of Guam believes. Who didn’t have to sacrifice something in coming out of the closet? And who doesn’t sacrifice something every day of his life for staying inside it?

This is just another example of how fanaticism has perverted religion. I suspect there’s a special corner in hell reserved for clergy who stir up hatred against the innocent.

http://www.theonion.com/conten.....e_love_thy

IT IS CRAZY THAT YOU CAN’T SPOT SATIRE!!! You’re so negative and have such unrealistic expectations of bigotry popping up everywhere that you no longer have any sort of skepticism, which, as journalists (even in the loosest sense), is necessary to foster a healthy level of curiosity.

Okay…