Today In The Gay
Nov. 29th, 2005 08:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
c9- Today the Vatican released their new (and unsurprising) policy on allowing gay men to be priests. In short, no more flaming in the sachristy. Deep-seated homosexual tendencies, which the Vatican calls disordered, disqualify one. "Transitory tendencies" would be OK if you've been celibate for three years.
The editor of the Catholic New Times estimates that 30-50% of priests in the Catholic Church are gay. And stated on CBC that 50% of Catholic churches are currently without a priest. Hmmm, good plan Benedict! - Today the Canadian election started, and Stephen Harper, almost before the writ had left Martin's hand, was already talking about repealing equal marriage for same-sex couples. For pete's sake, is he stupid? I mean, seriously.
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Date: 2005-11-30 05:44 am (UTC)I once got the line from a Conservative staffer that the two biggest issues on the minds of Canadians are strengthening the military and same-sex marriage. Obviously, the Conservatives have some whacked out pollsters (or poll writers, or interpreters of the polling data).
Jackie said it best last night: "I can deal with politicians who are corrupt. I can deal with them misusing my tax dollars. But I don't want them messing with my rights."