- REAL NICE FOLKS AT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: “The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said Wednesday that it will be unable to continue the social service programs it runs for the District if the city doesn’t change a proposed same-sex marriage law, a threat that could affect tens of thousands of people the church helps with adoption, homelessness and health care.” Time for Bart Stupak to write another amendment under Home Rule, this one sending all local homosexuals to Oklahoma. [WP]
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So, Father, should I just kneel here in my altar boy cassock with my eyes closed?
Yeah, I see the point here. It’s OK to Go Rogue on alter boys, as long as you’ve no intention of marrying them.
Trying to shift policy by threatening to withold humanitarian aid? Who would do such a thing?
“altar”. Sweet Jesus, I’m an idiot.
Just like Jesus would do.
If he were a total asshole.
That’s the religious spirit–deny money for those who are less needy!
What a great public relations move!
Congrats to the church’s p.r. folks–what a great move! You deserve some “going rogue” time with some local pastors for that move!
Meanwhile, the Red Cross has announced that it won’t deal with blood donations in the District, several shelters said they’re going to stop accepting any more people, and free health clinics said they’re fed up and they’re all moving to P.G. County.
“After the vote, the archdiocese sent out a statement accusing the council of ignoring the right of religious freedom.” How is it freedom of religion to discriminate in providing social services? If you contract with a government to do a job, do the job you contracted to do. If you can’t, expect to get sued.
Ohhhklahomo, where the sin cums seepin’ down the taint!
Hey, who is running the Catholic church these days, anyways? Because I talk to God all the time, and, funny thing, she never mentions anything about withholding social services as a political prod. At least not to me.
Fuck those people two times. How do you spin something so blatantly homophobic? “Errr…. the gays are marrying and therefor we cannot help the homeless.” Sure, makes sense to me. Well, about as much sense as the Catholic Church makes in general.
I think it was Pope JP2 that mused (a few years before Jesus belatedly called him home) that the Catholic Church was going to remain ideologically ‘pure’ rather than succumb to the needs of modern worshippers, and if that means a smaller headcount in the pews, then so be it, by golly.
This would be a pretty good example of that.
[re=457154]Humpback[/re]: “No, I need you to bugger me.”
“sending all local homosexuals to Oklahoma.” Yeah & maybe they can show Inhofe and Coburn that an asshole is not just for talking out of.
[re=457157]Snarkalicious[/re]: “Trying to shift policy by threatening to withold humanitarian aid? Who would do such a thing?”
The Catholic Church.
So, about those tax exemptions that are based on the group not playing politics…
[re=457161]Monsieur Grumpe[/re]: Bravo on your authoritative use of the subjunctive! It’s as if I were writing it myself!
Give the archdiocese a break. It’s gotta be tough these days competing against the C Street Brotherhood for control of the government.
Apparently, God is no longer Love.
[re=457156]freakishlystrong[/re]: “It’s OK to Go Rogue on alter boys…”
Young male transexuals always seem to get the shaft.
“The issue here is they are using public funds, and to allow people to discriminate with public money is unacceptable,” Rosenstein said.
Now there’s some change I can believe in (even though I know it’s not Obama’s doing). Reminds me of when Dubya created the Office of Faith-Based Initiatives, and the first thing the Salvation Army did was ask to discriminate against gays. “Sure thing,” was the cheerful response. So welcome to the 21st Century, beeyotches — oh and save up some money for to pay your taxes with, too.
In the D.C. Archbishop’s Bible, “Suffer the little children unto me” comes with an asterisk next to it.
Swing for their knees, Fenty.
If the Catholics and these other religiousoti really want to have such a direct say in public policy, maybe it’s time for them to pony up. Cancel the tax exempt status, get a tax assessor over to the basilica and send these pious mofos a f***ing bill.
Tough talk from an organization with leaders of whom wear fancy dresses.
[re=457176]glamourdammerung[/re]: “So, about those tax exemptions that are based on the group not playing politics…” Absofuckinlutely!!!!!!!!!!!! (It could probably get California out of bankruptcy, too.)
Furthermore: Faith-based Initiatives. The biggest unchallenged insult to the Constitution in my lifetime.
Start taxing church property and demand accounting of donations.
They tried to pull the same crap in San Francisco. Now they’re suing the SF Board of Supervisors for passing a bill calling them out on their bigotry.
Definitely send them to Oklahoma then register them to vote immediately upon arrival.
Let the Episcopalians run it. They love Teh Ghey and their bishop in DC plays drums for an R&B cover band.
What they lose in catholics with a conscience, they’ll gain in homopobic episcopalians!
Bigotry > humanity. Awesome. I knew there was a reason I’m an atheist.
Burn in pedophile hell, assholes.
[re=457199]Joshua Norton[/re]: What is this bill you speak of?
It is better than having to say they have no money because of all the lawsuits they had to pay off from priests who molested children- this way they try to make it sound like it is a religious, albeit crappy, reason. Didn’t the Boston Archdiocese have to declare bankruptcy?
“After the vote, the archdiocese sent out a statement accusing the council of ignoring the right of religious freedom. Gibbs said Wednesday that without Alexander’s amendment and other proposed changes, the measure has too narrow an exemption. She said religious groups that receive city funds would be required to give same-sex couples medical benefits, open adoptions to same-sex couples and rent a church hall to a support group for lesbian couples. ”
Um, yeah, that’s kind of the point. It’s called a non-discrimination bill because it’s supposed to prevent bigoted fucks like you from, you know, discriminating. Your discrimination isn’t somehow magically OK just because you say a stupid old book tells you to do it; hell, the same claim was made by segregationists back in the day, and slaveholders before them.
This is an appropriate post as any to finally ask if anyone else laughs when looking at the Hayden-Harnett ad. She tweaking her nips, right?
yeah and keep those fucks out of my health care to. and I bet they were the “friend” whom Sarah Palin got the word that Obama was taking “in God we trust” off of all new U.S. coins. They have been continuously wrong for thousands of years. Why stop now.
Faith-based initiatives: pray for the economy to improve.
On the plus side, now that the Catholic Church is voluntarily relinquishing their tax exempt status by openly trying to influence government policy, there will be a lot of money flowing into the secular services.
Wait, they get the keep their exempt status? What the fuck?
So they’re worried that they might have to extend employment benefits to homosexual couples after the legislation? No worries! After this little press release, I can’t see how any gays would want to be a MEMBER of the Catholic Church, much less WORK for them.
I’d love to put all those fuckers aboard a US Plane that’s headed right into the ground at full speed. Let’s Roll!
Apparently, the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington is a spoiled 6 year old.
[re=457225]ignatius_reilly[/re]:
Here:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/06/BA3D1AFVAQ.DTL
[re=457240]Zadig[/re]: Of course hey still will; the non-pedophilic priests all work for the Church. Now, I can’t see any non-closeted gays working for them.
Aaaaaaand the WashPo comments section is yer usual carnival of horrors and freaks. Look away, look away!
Catholic Church meant to say: If Gays feel more accepted by society, they are much less likely to become priests, or the Pope. Remember, Catholicism® Runs on Homophobia and Sexual Repression!™
“If they find living under our laws so oppressive that they can no longer take city resources, the city will have to find an alternative partner to step in to fill the shoes,” Catania said.
What Catania meant to say was, “Yo, Popey McAcolytefucker, it’s time for you to pitch those tacky-ass last season Prada pumps and slip on the ruby slippers, you big screaming nancy.”
http://blog.au.org/2009/11/12/bishops-bluff-dc-officials-should-reject-church-threat-over-tax-funding/:
Catholic Charities seems to want tax funds with no strings attached. The Post reported that from 2006 through 2008, Catholic Charities received about $8.2 million in city contracts to provide various services. The city is now asking them to abide by some reasonable anti-discrimination laws, laws that in my view they should have been following all along.
Withhold services? How lame is that? Just cold start damning motherfuckers to eternal hell and watch the shit start to fly! I’m told that burning in hell does not feel good.
OK well then the city should start withholding its services (firefighting, policing, water and sewer, power) from the Church then. We’ll see who’s hand God has favored, pretty quickly I imagine.
DC will now ship all its homeless to Bart Stupak’s district.
Shipping homeless to Stupak’s district on chartered buses: $100,000.
Look on Catholic Charities’ face: priceless.
I read this in the paper this morning and had to reread it because I had trouble believing even the Catholic church would do this. “If gays can marry, then fuck the homeless. Let ‘em starve and freeze to death” So classy, so in keeping with the Christian spirit and mission. I missed the “Jesus=Hate” chapter and verse, I guess.
SAVE A HOBO…EAT A HOMO!
Holding orphans and the homeless hostage just to keep burning the gheys.
(Not to mention pregnant women). Stay classy pope-kissers.
God bless Martin Luther.
You know, the city could contract with someone else to provide these services. Just sayin’….
Who Would Jesus Blackmail?
It has a nice ring to it.
As second cousin of the disgraced former Cardinal of Boston, I feel qualified to ask:
If they’re only preachin’, bitchin’ & politickin’ and not doing good works, shouldn’t they lose their tax-exemption?
[re=457255]JMP[/re]: Well of course. I should have mentioned that self-hating gays were an exception, but they’re still not a problem for Catholics, because they’re in no danger of getting married. Indeed, the bulk of such Catholics took a vow to that effect.
I can’t think of anything that will mock these shit fucks more than their own history (distant and recent). Maybe we can get the scientologists to take over some humanitarian causes if we promise we will only nominate clears to the supreme court from now on.
Shit !
Do I care for these Wonketters!
Clicked on the wrong X and lost my post … and translation
Here I go again:
(From a “serial” written in Freedomtalk, by Jacques Prévert — my translation thanks to a few Armagnac)
…
Ha! Fuck off says the Holy Father
I didn’t reach my years and position to be bugged off by a an agnostic fucker
Born God knows where!
I’m not an agnostic, replies the watchman
I’m an atheist.
Heh? What did you say? asks the Holy father?
And the other, the watchman, in the Holy ear tube shouts:
Hello! Hello! Holy Father
Can You hear me?
ATHEIST!
A like Absoutly Atheist!
T like Totally Atheist!
H like Hermetically Atheist!
E like Exclusively Atheist!
I like Intensively Atheist!
S like Solely Atheist!
T like Thoroughly Atheist!
Not agnostic!
Atheist!
There’s a complexion
But you, you don’t give a shit to complexions
…
and so on, and so on
Great reading … Available in Freedomtalk only!
Wonketters would love I think!
catholics.
so excitable.
meh.
[re=457157]Snarkalicious[/re]: “Trying to shift policy by threatening to withold humanitarian aid? Who would do such a thing?”
I know you meant this rhetorically, but I feel that I have to reply: every damned despotic regime the world over.
I never knew that the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington was so conservative. They’ve never try and pull that shit up here in Detroit.
[re=457180]snideinplainsight[/re]:
Damn Catholic grammar Nazis. Your right, sigh.
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