Gotta love them Catholics.
Why take your problems to God when you can spend millions in legal fees taking them to the Supreme Court?
Back in 2006, Cardinal William Levada, then the archbishop of San Francisco, issued a decree banning Catholic Charities from placing children with gays or lesbians. Doing so, said Levada, “would actually mean doing violence to these children.” (Kind of like sheltering pedophiles in your midst–oops, did I say that out loud?)
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors, nor surprisingly, passed a resolution condemning the decree as “hateful and discriminatory.” Instead of offering the rebuff up for the poor souls in Purgatory, the archdiocese stopped placing children with any families. That will show them!
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Naturally, a group led by Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights–and you know who those civil rights don’t include–went to court, complaining that San Francisco supervisors don’t like them.
Actually, the suit claimed the supervisors violated the constitutional requirement of government neutrality toward religion, but we can’t imagine there would have been a lawsuit if the board had passed a resolution declaring Levada to be a candidate for sainthood.
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court took one look at the suit and passed on it. Apparently, it’s okay to call the kettle black after all, even if you are in government. As for Levada, he got a promotion along the way. He now heads the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican’s theological purity league.
Pete n SFO
Levada got a promotion? Not quite… they moved him & Cardinal Law (of Boston abuse fame) to cushy positions in the Vatican, which put them out of reach of prosecution in a supposedly sovereign state.
They’re all despicable.
Side note: Cardinal Law had the archdiocese of Boston declare bankruptcy before leaving town, in effect putting their assets out of reach for victim compensation funds.
Nice, huh?
Roger Rabbit
LOL –
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith USED to be named
wait for it……
The Inquisition – LOL
TMikel
The ancient troglodyte is well gone. As they continue to lose power and influence and as more and more evidence of priestly abuse of minors comes to light, the Church loses ever more credibility. Who needs them?
Jim D
@Pete n SFO: Pete: gotta disagree with you about Levada. He’s one of Pope Ben’s closest friends. It was a big promotion for him. In fact I’m pretty sure it was Ben’s old job. You’re right about Law on the other hand. I’m pretty sure he was already a Cardinal but Levada wasn’t. Can’t stand any of them but Levada, unlike Law, wasn’t close to being prosecuted for anything.
Gerry
What’s Law doing, these days?
Jim D
@Gerry: As near as I can tell, Law is in charge of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore. Pretty much just a landing place to stash him away. Levada on the other hand succeeded Ratzinger (Pope Ben) at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, then was promoted to Cardinal and is the highest ranking American at the Vatican.