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“How can the Vatican refuse to bless gay marriages because they ‘are sin’, yet happily make a profit from investing millions in Rocketman – a film which celebrates my finding happiness from my marriage to David?? #hypocrisy”–Musician and icon Sir Elton John, criticizing the Catholic Church’s announcement that it will not bless same-sex unions in an Instagram post. A recent report by The Daily Beast on the Vatican’s finances revealed that the church had invested more than $4 million in the Elton John musical biopic Rocketman.
missvamp
shocker- a church is full of hypocrites.
yendor808
Oh Elton, love. Certainly you aren’t that naive. The catholic church was one of the founding forerunners of hypocrisy. Later to be polished and perfected by the GOP.
Catholicslutbox
Remember when Elton John said gays didn’t need marriage and civil unions were more than enough until it directly impacted him?
He has no leg to stand on.
Ginger Tom
To say that Elton John “has no leg to stand on” is not a pertinent comment. Elton John is not a hypocrite because he changed his mind on a subject, even one of personal interest. That is not what hypocrisy is. He is perfectly entitled to call out the Roman Catholic Church for its blatant double standards, as are we all. Remember the old saying, “money talks and bullshit walks.” How about “by their fruits ye shall know them.” We should all know what the Roman Catholic Church represents by now.
Catholicslutbox
the issue is that the ONLY reason he changed his stance is because one of the benefits granted to married couples was not given to partners in a union, which ended up affecting him down the line. If he would’ve been granted that benefit then it is very possible that he’d still be opposed marriage.
He’s one of those people that do not care about x y z unless it has a direct impact on his life.
Bosch
Yeah, until he found love.
Love changes people.
So maybe,
you too
will one day
find love.
maddog
For the past three decades I have been a Justice of the Peace in New Hampshire, USA. That means I can perform marriages in our state. For a while New Hampshire supported Civil Unions, and many people thought that was “good enough”. I helped to fight for marriage equality because Civil Unions were NOT good enough, for many reasons, both legal and financial.
Elton John simply could not see why Civil Unions were not “good enough”. I can not see why any religion has anything to do with marriage other than acting as an officiate or witness. Marriage is a function of the state, always has been, and this is simple to prove.
Here in New Hampshire you can get married without even talking to the church, but you can not get married without talking to the state. EOD
pjb
Interesting, he says the Catholic Church is hypocritical because they financed Rocketman. Yet he decided to perform at the wedding of Rush Limbaugh a notorious homophobe and racist. I guess hypocrisy is only an issue when someone else is doing it.
blackhook
Are you a Catholic priest? Love when you wear your finest dresses & party hats!
blackhook
Why is the #CatholicCriminalEmpire still in business to peddle its never-ending Babushka of Bullshit™. Hocus pocus dominocus indeed!
BLAKENOW
TRUE STORY: I know several male and trans escorts that work sometimes in Rome, Italy that say the majority of their clients are either ons/ men that still live at home with their parents and Vatican PRIESTS . So what does that tell you? Bunch of sick hypocrites .
rand503
Man, I would love to be a Vatican priest. You get great Italian food, live in sumptuous art filled quarters, and you get access to hot Italian men. What a life!
LAtvGuy
You couldn’t find a real picture of Elton and had to use a pic of his wax figure?
kuppajoe
LOL I thought the same thing!
Fahd
Facts about any church’s – including the Roman Catholic Church’s — commercial activities should be more widely shared. These institutions are very much of this world, despite their lofty pretensions. In this particular case, I think the Roman Catholic Church should donate all of the profits they made off of Rocketman to a charity of Elton John’s choosing. Then, I would consider them a little less hypocritical.
CurtisIsTheOne
I pray nightly to BabaDook, the only true Son of God. While playing Elton John records backwards.
yendor808
Curtis–I’d love to visit!
BoomerMyles
Is this the same Elton John calling out hypocrisy while performing for the likes of Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity, Antonin Scalia and other gargantuan homophobes at Rush Limbaugh”s wedding?
Mr. Stadnick
Tax the churches!
Willy
Why? That’s stupid. With taxation comes representation. Do you really want these people more involved in government than they already are?
Kevan1
@Willy the do have representation. The GOP as of recent. They should be taxed. The Vatican’s wealth is beyond measure. They have no true idea how much they are worth. The centuries of land, money, art and other holdings. The first Vatican is it’s own country for goodness sake. Then look at all of the other religions. The fake televangelist Scientology on and on. They buy political power and lobby for political power. So yes they should be taxed.
Leo
That’s the point. They already are and they are not paying their way. The tax exemption was given if they stay out of politics.
@dusyk
Just one more reason for the Catholic Church to come crumbling down!
DCFarmboy
Elton John had a secular wedding and doesn’t believe a church blessing is anything of value. So the Church is not denying gays anything of value, according to him. Wrong spokesperson for this issue.
Joshooeerr
The Catholic Church had no problem supporting the Nazis either. And quite a number of other murderous regimes around the world. Profit always comes before principle, even where their principles are primitive and twisted. Anyone who supports the Catholic Church (and most Christian churches are only different only by slight degrees) is supporting a morally repugnant organisation that oppresses women and LGBTQ minorities, while simultaneously exploiting them. Believe in God if you need to, but stop supporting evil institutions like the Church.
HenryHawke
Amen! Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones! Sadly, I’ve only recently heard about Elton John’s entertaining some of the worst conservative wing-nuts out there. I’ve lost all respect for him.