What was more remarkable about this segment from Bill O’Reilly’s television show last night? That he only cut off his guest once or twice, or that he came out in defense of the two kids kicked out of Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School for having two mommies?
His guest was Father Jonathan Morris — a compensated Fox News contributor, enterprising author, paid public speaker — who had the balls to claim that the parents of these two children are in the wrong because they became “public dissenters, disagreers, with fundamental teachings of the Catholic church.” Which is like saying any parents involved in divorce, children born out of wedlock, and felons are public dissenters of the Catholic Church and disallowed from sending their kids to Catholic school.
We’re all for religious freedom, and the right of a Catholic school (that accepts not one penny from taxpayers) to make their own enrollment decisions. But let’s do it without the hypocrisy of targeting gay parents and not every “sinning” parent.
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Nick
Don’t lots of “dissenters from Catholicism” (i. e. Protestants, Jews, etc.) send their kids to Catholic schools?
Kieran
This is all about hating, targeting and discriminating against gay people.
Gary
One of the few times I enjoy watching Bill O’Reilly.
topsnap
and the priests that anally raped preteens…were they dissenters?
topsnap
no matter what this bogus corrupt institution ever says, they’re just a bunch of loser rapists at the end of the day. Thats It!
Jaroslaw
I’m not saying this to be trendy or mean but I would bet Fr. Morris is FAMILY.
stevenelliot
Catholics…you can’t beat em. History behind the priesthood? The first son who carried the family fortune was married off to a neighbor’s girl with whom the son’s father wanted to “economically” merge. The second or third sons were sent to the priesthood where, either by genetics or by sheer frustration, became sodomites. Catholicism is so linked with homosexual activity they are like siamese twins.
BUSSY
Religious freedom anyone???? You dont have to like it and frankly no one cares you dont…they are free to spew their crap as they see fit. Its their freaking school.
Really lets move on
Patty Mouth
Hey Jaroslaw, my gaydar was going off as well.
tazz
@BUSSY:
Suppose they decided to ban blacks, would you say “their school their rights”?
EWE
I know the false and dangerous trend is that Bill OReichGeek has become the symbol of centrism and a voice of reason. What with Glenn Pecker and Sean Hassholity as the ones to be compared to, it is not a stretch to imagine. However, it is so far from the truth. I don’t need his cooperation. Bill OreichGeek is a vicious ignorant little snot bag that is imbalanced. There is no one on the other side that is equally as obnoxious. I certainly think there should be.
EWE
The idiotic priest is an asshole and that goes without saying.
terrwill
@topsnap: Did “Pop” officially become a “Top”? : p
terrwill
@Jaroslaw:
@Patty Mouth:
Aren’t they ALL???
PopSnap
Haha That wasn’t me?
:O
Lanjier
Why does Billo the clown keep saying it is a difficult issue? It is simple as pie because it clarifies that the Catholic opposition to gays is rooted in bigotry. If it were rooted in their belief system, they would kick out the murderer’s kids.
B
QUEERTY: “His guest was Father Jonathan Morris — a compensated Fox News contributor, enterprising author, paid public speaker — who had the balls to claim that the parents of these two children are in the wrong because they became ‘public dissenters, disagreers, with fundamental teachings of the Catholic church.'”
…. except it wasn’t what he was saying – rather, it was what the archbishop was saying, and the interviewee said that the bishops, archbishops, and cardinals would have to work it out. The priest who booted the kids was following the official policy – he’d be in trouble if he ignored the policy.
If the priest O’Reilly interviewed didn’t have to worry about church politics, the explanation for why these kids are being kicked out of school through no fault of their own would be something like http://www.fiction.net/tidbits/politics/how_shit_happens.html .
tim-bo
(1)The article never gives the reason for the bishops’s action, in his own words. Rather it filters and then distorts the reasoning. Shame on you. (2) Regarding O’Reilly’s argument against banning those kids which relies on “yeah, but what about other sinners?” it boils down to either the Catholic Church stands for something, and should be consistent in that stand, or it stands for nothing. There’s no middle ground. I suspect that the readers of this website would prefer the latter. I applaud Bishop Chaput for trying to stand for something. Hopefully he will apply the reasoning consistently.