Draft of an essay for a campus feminist review

[to_cry_about]

1000 words, and needs tightening. I'm interested in hearing thoughts, especially from people who aren't religious in the slightest and think the Church is too homophobic and misogynist to be saved -- am I strawmanning your side too much? Does my perspective make sense or do I come off like a raving loony? Is this a satisfying answer to the

Comments

[broken_anthem]

I know I'm not exactly the type of person you were hoping for critique from, being a straight Catholic male, but I want to thank you for writing this and I want to thank you for not giving up and leaving the church. It pains me as well to hear the letters from my Archbishop and from Rome condemming Gays in the church and disparaging the secular government for recognising their civil rights and I want to let you know that even if 1000 Catholics come up to you and tell you that you aren't welcome, or behave towards you as though you are not good enough to be a member of the body of Christ, God knows different and I know different and would hazard that there are quite a few other folks who would agree with me. It's people like you who keep the church from becoming like the Pharasies in the Gospels, it's people like you who are part of the church that I love.

Ps. if you don't end up getting it published where you're sending it I'd love to publish it in the January issue of my zine.

[kwokj]

...would hazard that there are quite a few other folks who would agree with me.

*straight Catholic girl raising her hand*

[mlfoley]

It's honestly things like this that make me NOT want to consider the Roman Catholic Church. I've said it before and I'll say it again - I cannot fathom how so many people think homosexuality is a more important sin (if it is) than numerous other sins.

[anatomiste]

I don't know where the heck I stand on most of this, but that was beautiful, and it made a lot of sense.

[suckingalemon]

i am religious in a jewish sense and while i think the church is hella homophobic i am an optomistic person and beleive improvements can be reached - but i think it will be done from the outside, rather than from the inside. & when i read about good kind hearted people in the church (whereever they are)i sometimes forget about not everything being awesome (your first sentence

[angevin2]

That's wonderful. I too am glad you want to stay in the Church. And I especially liked your second-to-last paragraph.

All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well...