The last time I wrote about a religious topic, it was about Pat Robertson blaming God for the earthquake in Haiti. I find myself motivated again to speak on the topic.
Like Pat Robertson and his empire, the Catholic Church is organized and (I suspect would claim) to be God centered. In Pat’s case, he said God was behind the Haiti earthquake, in the Catholic Church situation I’m writing about today, they are refusing to teach a child about God because they don’t like the parents personal relationship. I’m tempted to say of God, with friends like Pat Robertson and the Catholic Church, who needs Satan?
Here is what Happened:
The Sacred Heart of Jesus parish school in Boulder has decided to not allow two children of a gay couple to continue their education at their school. There were many reasons provided, but as Archbishop Charles J. Chaput puts it:
The Church does not claim that people with a homosexual orientation are ‘bad,’ or that their children are less loved by God
Rev. Bill Breslin, pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, also weighed in with this piece of brilliant logic:
The issue is not about our not accepting ’sinners,’ ” he said. “It is not about punishing the child for the sins of his or her parents. It is simply that the lesbian couple is saying that their relationship is a good one that should be accepted by everyone; and the Church cannot agree to that.
It’s not about “accepting ’sinners’”, yet you aren’t. It’s not about “punishing the child” yet you are. The couple are not asking you to accept anything, they are simply asking you to teach their children They want to send their children to a Catholic school. Apparently, they believe the Catholic school can provide the education, which includes religious education, they feel their children need. Is this not an opportunity for the Catholic Church to display the power of their (God’s) message?
What is the Catholic Church afraid of? Are they afraid of sending a “message”? Guess what, they are sending a message. And the message is about punishing children for what their parents believe. The message is all about not accepting sinners. The message is also that the Catholic Church lacks confidence in their own beliefs and feel threatened by any challenges to their doctrine. Does the Catholic Church think the phrase “preaching to the choir” is a commandment?
In actuality, the Catholic Church is all about separating themselves from (who they believe are) the lepers. The Catholic Church is about exclusion not inclusion. The Catholic Church is not about spreading God’s word, but about protecting their interpretation of it from debate.
Tell me Archbishop Chaput and Rev. Breslin, where would Christianity be today be if Jesus had been afraid to teach those who led lives different then his teachings? Where would you two be? Here’s a possibility, you’d be out of a job or maybe you’d be looking forward to how you will wine and dine those 72 virgins awaiting you in Heaven.



