1 hour ago
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Nope to the Pope
Just signed an online petition by the National Secular Society objecting to the £20 million estimated cost of the Pope's proposed visit here, expected in September, to be funded by the British taxpayer generally, rather than by the Roman Catholic Church itself and members thereof. His proposed visit has suddenly become even more contentious as he's just been mouthing off about our country's 'unjust' laws (currently being heatedly debated in Parliament - Disgraceful update: See my comment below) which will prohibit churches from refusing to employ someone because s/he is homosexual or transexual. He says this move should be fought with 'missionary zeal'. I've heard of foreign leaders and governments criticising other country's discriminatory laws but to find someone calling for more discrimination against a particular group really takes the biscuit. Large demonstrations being planned not just by secularists and gays but also by pro-abortionists, victims of paedophile priests and others. Should be fun.
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I'm starting to suspect the pope is one of those self-loathing queers who thinks that the more anti-gay he is the less people will suspect him of being gay.
ReplyDeleteJust "starting"? Yes I know I'm late to the game. It is rather obvious in retrospect. He has been the biggest homophobe at the Vatican since the 80s.
Yes, there is so often an undertone of 'he doth protest too much' which makes so many suspect. Well, you know yourself, larry, from periodic revelations about some of your own country's Evangelicals.
ReplyDeleteBut I also think gays are a conveniently soft and easy target - and will continue to be while a significant population shares the animosity. If that changes then the target will change. I remembe how, when Jackie Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis while the latter's former wife, Maria Callas, was still alive, the Vatican publicly proclaimed Mrs O. to be a 'public sinner'. Now with every second person getting divorced there's no longer any mileage there. In fact the Church thinks nothing of cosying up to the likes of Berlusconi, Sarkozy and other divorced Catholic leaders because it's more convenient to overlook their 'foibles' which are now not worth even a passing mention. Don't it make you want to vomit?
Just heard that this lily-livered government has caved in on the proposed law to prevent discrimination against gays by religious organisations. Thought to be a response to the Pope's hostile words, which was backed yesterday by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, who has anti-gay form. (Surprise!) And not helped either by the government's defeat by the UNELECTED House of Lords - again.
ReplyDeleteThe battle goes on.
I am VERY disappointed to learn this.
ReplyDeleteYes, Larry. It's an absolute outrage that Churches can opt out of laws that everyone else has to observe. But we SHALL overcome - I only hope I live long enough to see it.
ReplyDeleteRay, I just saw this a few minutes ago in an article. I'm very disappointed too. I was so sure they wouldn't cave.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you and Larry. Too much protesting. Sister needs to join the team.
Thanks, Kyle. In this country we are having a General Election, probably in 3 months time, so I would imagine that our Government hasn't the will (or, indeed, the balls) to fight on any further 'contentious' issues for the moment. Btw, I think this is the only Western democracy where the Prime Minister decides when to hold an election, though it does have to be within 5 years of the previous one. I think it works okay though there are calls for fixed-term Governments. History shows that if a P.M. drags it out till near the last possible moment he will almost certainly lose.
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