those silly Catholics...
Associated Press
My comments in RED
SUMMARY: Some parents and parishioners have accused the Catholic diocese in Orange County of violating church doctrine by admitting children of a gay couple into a church school.
COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Some parents and parishioners have accused the Roman Catholic diocese in Orange County of violating church doctrine by allowing a gay couple to enroll their children in a church school.
The group demanded that St. John the Baptist School in Costa Mesa accept only families that pledge to abide by Catholic teachings, the Los Angeles Times reported in Sunday's editions. Church doctrine opposes gay relationships and adoption by same-sex couples.
"The teachings of the church seem to have been abandoned," John R. Nixon told the Times. "We send our children to a Catholic school because we expect and demand that the teachings of our church will be adhered to."
School officials rejected the demand, and issued a new policy stating that a family's background "does not constitute an absolute obstacle to enrollment in the school."
The parents' demand would presumably prevent two adopted boys whose parents are both men from attending the school's kindergarten.
The Rev. Gerald M. Horan, superintendent of diocese schools, said that if Catholic beliefs were strictly adhered to, then children whose parents divorced, used birth control or married outside the church would also have to be banned.
Ahhhh, I see...
THIS, among other reasons, is why I no longer consider myself Catholic. One cannot be an "a la carte Catholic". You are not allowed to pick and choose what part of the Catholic Church's teachings you believe and adhere to or not. However, it IS very convenient to do so, isn't it?
"This is the quagmire that the parents' position represents," he said. "It's a slippery slope to go down."
The boys' parents, who enrolled their children at the beginning of the school year, declined to comment to the Times.
Some parents have promised to ask the Vatican to intervene, and some have threatened to pull their children from the school. Others are worried the boys' attendance will set a precedent, saying their presence is part of a larger effort by the gay community to change the church.
"The boys are being used as pawns by these men to further their agenda," said Monica Sii, who has four children at the school.
Or maybe the boy's parents are just men who believe in Catholocism as a whole and want their children brought up with their own beliefs? nahhhhhhhhhhh. Couldn't possibly be! We all know that everything a gay person does is directecd by a "gay agenda". uch!
If the mother with the four children above has instilled this kind of thinking in her children, perhaps she should have saved the world from more bigotry and prejudice by using birth control before they were born. OOOPS! Was THAT out loud???
10 bucks says with four kids, she's a lil horny heffer and is using birth control now! lol
My comments in RED
SUMMARY: Some parents and parishioners have accused the Catholic diocese in Orange County of violating church doctrine by admitting children of a gay couple into a church school.
COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Some parents and parishioners have accused the Roman Catholic diocese in Orange County of violating church doctrine by allowing a gay couple to enroll their children in a church school.
The group demanded that St. John the Baptist School in Costa Mesa accept only families that pledge to abide by Catholic teachings, the Los Angeles Times reported in Sunday's editions. Church doctrine opposes gay relationships and adoption by same-sex couples.
"The teachings of the church seem to have been abandoned," John R. Nixon told the Times. "We send our children to a Catholic school because we expect and demand that the teachings of our church will be adhered to."
School officials rejected the demand, and issued a new policy stating that a family's background "does not constitute an absolute obstacle to enrollment in the school."
The parents' demand would presumably prevent two adopted boys whose parents are both men from attending the school's kindergarten.
The Rev. Gerald M. Horan, superintendent of diocese schools, said that if Catholic beliefs were strictly adhered to, then children whose parents divorced, used birth control or married outside the church would also have to be banned.
Ahhhh, I see...
THIS, among other reasons, is why I no longer consider myself Catholic. One cannot be an "a la carte Catholic". You are not allowed to pick and choose what part of the Catholic Church's teachings you believe and adhere to or not. However, it IS very convenient to do so, isn't it?
"This is the quagmire that the parents' position represents," he said. "It's a slippery slope to go down."
The boys' parents, who enrolled their children at the beginning of the school year, declined to comment to the Times.
Some parents have promised to ask the Vatican to intervene, and some have threatened to pull their children from the school. Others are worried the boys' attendance will set a precedent, saying their presence is part of a larger effort by the gay community to change the church.
"The boys are being used as pawns by these men to further their agenda," said Monica Sii, who has four children at the school.
Or maybe the boy's parents are just men who believe in Catholocism as a whole and want their children brought up with their own beliefs? nahhhhhhhhhhh. Couldn't possibly be! We all know that everything a gay person does is directecd by a "gay agenda". uch!
If the mother with the four children above has instilled this kind of thinking in her children, perhaps she should have saved the world from more bigotry and prejudice by using birth control before they were born. OOOPS! Was THAT out loud???
10 bucks says with four kids, she's a lil horny heffer and is using birth control now! lol