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September 22, 2005
Well, I think I'm officially an ex-Catholic
I've (obviously) never agreed with the Vatican's theology of homosexuality (or any sexuality for that matter) but I do respect it. The Pope has always walked the walk on so many issues (matching opposition to abortion with opposition for the death penalty; displaying respect for life by opposing needless war) that it's difficult to deny the integrity of the argument, but the new policy on gays in the priesthood is so callow and repulsive as to be unworthy of even the most basic level of respect.
I won't even go near the homosexual=pedophile equation which is demonstrably false and as anti-rational as any Intelligent Design proponent could ever hope to be. What really enrages me is the unspoken attitude that gays are somehow beyond the reach or God's grace or redemption. Not only does it make gays less than human, unfit for an incapable of the most basic spiritual revelation, it's the grossest possible insult to pay to God himself: to say that the sacrements themselves are impotent to be acted through these people.
This is the most shameful kind of hackish theology and justifies virtually every attack that has ever been mounted to the authority of the Church.
Posted by Drew at September 22, 2005 11:51 AM
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