After bailing on its adoption program, D.C.’s Catholic Church is also bailing on shared health benefits for the spouses of all staffers.
With Wednesday’s opportunity to apply for marriage licenses, the gays in D.C. are really just ruining it for the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. So starting today, new employees will be barred from securing spousal benefits, as will current employees not already enrolled in the plan. It’s their way of ducking a requirement to treat gay couples as equals, and offer benefits to same-sex spouses.
We understand the move from Archbishop Donald Wuerl, given his campaign against D.C.’s gay marriage law. But he’s also going to undermine an already fragile institution. Not only are parishioners leaving the Catholic Church in droves — or at least aging out of it — but the finances of the Church have never looked bleaker. By discontinuing shared health benefits for employees, the Church is planting its own bomb. What’s any employer’s No. 1 rule for maintaining a buzzing workplace? Keep employees happy.
Joey
Good. Let them dig their own hateful grave. I’ll be sure to make a pit-stop to piss on it when I’m around.
This is actually great news. It will force people to notice and realize the bigotry that IS the catholic church. If only they would pull this same bullshit everywhere SSM is legal. I would love to see this kind of contraversy in CT.
I say good riddance catholic church. You’re no good for anyone. You preach hatred and bigotry cloaked in morality. This also may mean less little kiddies for these creepers to prey on. Pervs.
Joey
Although, if an organization has x-amount of employees…aren’t they REQUIRED to offer health insurance to full timers? I wonder if this is even legal.
I forsee a threat to lose non-profit status…
ewe
Why don’t they do us all a favor and pull of this country?
terrwill
You have to hand it to them for some new creative financinal wet dreams……In the Diocese covering Long Island they are laying off approximately 40% of the salaried workers. One may think how the fcuk is the Diocese going to function after losing over 1500 employees? Their honest to god answer?? They are going to ask the laid off formerly paid full time employees to come back as volunteers!! Their reasoning is “people should give back to the church”……Keep spewing hate towards the Gays, The old what goes around comes around…..
Hyhybt
@Joey: To employees, maybe, but they’re not stopping that. They just won’t accept any more employees’ *spouses.*
Mike
@Ewe
You’re limiting them too much.
Try “Why don’t they do us all all favour and pack off for another star system?”
Kurt
No offense, Joey and Hyhybt, but what plant are you living on?? There is No requirement ANY employer has to offer ANY health benefits. Have you read a newspaper in the last year? We have this little thing called health care reform where the Democrats are actually trying to get a program going to cover most people with health insurance.
ewe
@Mike: OK, i will go along with you on that.
Hyhybt
@Kurt: Which is why I said “maybe” and pointed out why it would be irrelevant even if true. I’m not from Washington and won’t pretend to know what local laws they may have there.
B
No. 6 · Mike wrote, “Try ‘Why don’t they do us all all favour and pack off for another star system?'”
…. good idea if the goal is to convince the aliens that there is no intelligent life here.
Of course, the aliens may take one look, send them back, and then quarantine our whole solar system. I guess that’s one way of preventing them from invading!