Catholic Church’s Tantrum Something to Behold
I mean, I don’t know that my husband, who had EPIC tantrums that his mother still talks about to this day, can even hold a candle to what they’ve got going on. They’re really handling the whole “Changing World” thing super well.
The Vatican has decided that The Gays, because they are not in alignment with biblical teaching, cannot participate in tourism to the Vatican City. Oh, how interesting. So the 97% of American Catholics out there that use some form of birth control should not be allowed to visit the Vatican (or in all rights go to church). And I guess I’ll never get to see the Sistine Chapel (and I really shouldn’t have visited Notre Dame while I was in Paris) because I’m an atheist. And if you’ve tattooed yourself you probably shouldn’t be entering holy spaces. Oh, and feminists, you should probably stay the fuck out, too. Silly women and men, thinking that women are people, too.
Oh wait. You mean they’re not being consistent in the enforcement of their biblical laws regarding access to their holy city? I’m shocked. Absolutely shocked, I say!
We’ve also got the delicious “I’m going to take my ball and go home” tantrum in Washington DC. Washington DC has a same-sex marriage law in the works, and it’s bringing out a whole host of problems for the Catholic Church. They’re a little miffed that they might actually have to treat gay employees like people (the bill explicitly states that the church doesn’t have to do homo-weddings A quote that really struck me:
Fearful that they could be forced, among other things, to extend employee benefits to same-sex married couples, church officials said they would have no choice but to abandon their contracts with the city.
“If the city requires this, we can’t do it,” Susan Gibbs, spokeswoman for the archdiocese, said Wednesday. “The city is saying in order to provide social services, you need to be secular. For us, that’s really a problem.”
Uh, Susan? I hate to inform you of this, but we officially have separation of church and state. It’s not well enforced, but it’s there. And so, if you want to receive government funds for the “good works” that you begrudgingly do, you need to be a fucking secular organisation. Assistance should not be dependent upon salvation or belief in your imaginary friend. At least if you want my tax dollars to pay for it.
Thoughts? Catholic Church should suck it up? Or it’s their party and they can piss all over the guests if they want to?
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The Catholics are cunts, well established fact. But I have to say, I don’t understand WHY any GLBT people would want to go to the Vatican. I sure as fuck wouldn’t.
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Truly, the only reason I would want to go to the Vatican would be for the architecture. I married an architect, so we go to see buildings wherever we go, and I’ve actually developed a taste for it.
So that’s part of it, perhaps. They’ve got a big portion of artwork that might be interesting to see (granted, religious out the wazoo, but still fun to see). I assume for any of the other reasons one would want to go someplace that may not be the most welcoming place.
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Makes sense – personally I can’t enjoy religious art at all, but I know that’s unusual.
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Bottom line, any organisation which accepts public monies must not discriminate. I don’t care what your excuses are, or how influential you are, as soon as I start funding you, you have to be completely secular. If that’s too hard or offensive, then simply stop accepting public money. Why religions think they should get public money and then deny the services that money paid for to huge swaths of the public is beyond me.
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I say if the Catholic Church doesn’t like the same sex marriage bill, they can get the hell out and take their crazy ass followers with them! It’s a to see a state being bullied by these crazy religious groups and their empty threats. If they don’t agree with Washington DC trying to ensure equality, well don’t let the door hit you on the way out. I hope this is something that catches on so eventually the Catholic Church will be forced out of every state in the country, or be forced once and for all to admit their hypocrisy. If gay marriage is legalized everywhere in the country, the Catholic’s will have nowhere else to run and hide from the big bad homos.
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I could see another reason to go there…But I can’t legally say it.
Of course thinking about the “kissing” incident in Utah eariler this year imagine that in the Vatican.
I am surprised considering VC is a country they don’t have public executions there.
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I went to the Vatican. I have to say, the Sistine Chapel is overrated. But there are some things worth seeing. (The Ecstasy of St. Theresa is totally Baroque pornography, and it’s in a cathedral!)
But I want to know how they are going to enforce this. I mean, there are so many people there every day, are they really going to notice the two guys having sex in one of the stairwells? And any “crime” that happens in the city is supposed to be dealt with by Italy. So…. are they gonna be screening people for the gay gene upon entering?
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