The interesting thing is that the Church wasn always this bigot. Look up this article (http://www.drizzle.com/~slmndr/salamandir/pubs/irishtimes/opt3.htm) about a more enlightened time when gay marriage was actually a rite in the Church. There were even supposed gay couples that got raised to sainthood!
Certainly there were also little girls and young women who have brought lawsuits into the fray, so such an argument would hold no water anyway.
Certainly, but, you see, this is where that goddamn double morale comes into the game again. Girls and young women don't count, because rape and other kinds of sexual abuse are things that "just happen" to females. It's considered a sad but accepted fact. When it happens to males, on the other hand, it's a lot more outrageous, apparently - and thus makes better news. More exciting ones. Raises the quotes. That sort of thing.
Augh! I hope you have not lost all the warm, fuzzy feelings that your birthday brought to you!
Nah, I've lost my illusions concerning the Catholic Church when I left my convent for good. Yeah, hard to imagine, I know, but I used to be a Catholic nun once. I left the institution Church in order to be able to keep my faith in a loving God. So far, it's worked well enough for me.
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Date: 2006-10-11 01:36 pm (UTC)Certainly there were also little girls and young women who have brought lawsuits into the fray, so such an argument would hold no water anyway.
Certainly, but, you see, this is where that goddamn double morale comes into the game again. Girls and young women don't count, because rape and other kinds of sexual abuse are things that "just happen" to females. It's considered a sad but accepted fact. When it happens to males, on the other hand, it's a lot more outrageous, apparently - and thus makes better news. More exciting ones. Raises the quotes. That sort of thing.
Augh! I hope you have not lost all the warm, fuzzy feelings that your birthday brought to you!
Nah, I've lost my illusions concerning the Catholic Church when I left my convent for good. Yeah, hard to imagine, I know, but I used to be a Catholic nun once. I left the institution Church in order to be able to keep my faith in a loving God. So far, it's worked well enough for me.