On the letters page of Private Eye No. 1178, Paul Webster referred sarcastically to a previous writer's "gallant and Christian acceptance of my sexuality." He went on to say,
"May I now assume that all I need to do is become celibate, then I can marry my partner of 10 years in a church and adopt some of those spare children that you heterosexuals don't seem to want?
No, thought not.
What a waste of ink."
Issue 1179 which arrived on the mat this morning, carries a reply from Peter Heaney of Northamptonshire. He writes to reassure Webster that his letter was not a waste of ink. He says:
"I retired recently after serving for many years on a Catholic Adoption agency panel. Applications to adopt were received and accepted from homosexuals as well as heterosexuals. Children were placed irrespective of the applicant's sexual orientation or for that matter, their marital status. Homosexual and single applicants had children placed with them whilst I was a panel member.
I am starting to wonder if the Catholic priest on the panel was keeping secrets from the bishop. If so, he ought to be told!"
Indeed he ought. Obviously, Catholics also need to be told whether Peter Heaney is telling the truth or not. If he is, there needs to be some explaining given that parish priests have just organised collections for the various Catholic Children's Societies at Sunday Mass. Do keep an eye out for any response on this matter.
On the letters page of Private Eye No. 1178, Paul Webster referred sarcastically to a previous writer's "gallant and Christian acceptance of my sexuality." He went on to say,
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In time honoured Gnomespeak
Shurely Shome Mishtake?
It is not just adoption agencies that seem to be a cause of concern. Catholic schools, Cafod, CIIR, CARJ, all seem to have lost their way, replacing the Jesus of Revelation, and therefore of the Church, with something of their own creation.
Ultimately it is the Bishops who are responsible, they oversee these bodies.
Which means that nothing will be done. The bishops are , I think, good men, but guided by mis-guided lay-led quangos. There is no real way within the confernece club arrangement to sort out all of this nonsense - and none of them are called Athanasius as far as I know! We must just pray for them and for Catholicism in Mary's Dowry.
I am starting to wonder if the Catholic priest on the panel was keeping secrets from the bishop
It wouldn't surprise me... My husband and I also wonder whether the bishops are completely au fait with what goes on in many of these societies that claim to be "Catholic"...
I heard that the Catholic Children's Society has referred at least one girl to the Brook Advisory Clinic. Has anything of this sort come to your attention?
(Great blog, by the way!)
Catholic World News reports that some members of the parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) went so far as to say that religious schools should not teach homosexual pupils that their behaviour is sinful.
It is good to see, after all these benighted millennia, the belated recognition of the universal human right to immunity from moral criticism. When it is enshrined in statute (which, surely, cannot be long now), the lawyers among us can surely look to great enrichment, whilst the rest of us, if we are wise, will retire to a safe distance and contemplate the inexorable upward progress of humanity in moral matters.
I am now going to go away and practise biting my tongue, which I think is going to become an increasingly important survival skill in a world sanitized by human rights campaigners.
From the Catholic Childrens Society website faqs:
Do you have to be married?
No, we welcome enquiries from single people. As a faith-based agency, we currently take up applications from couples who have been married for at least two years. If you are an unmarried; or are gay or lesbian, single or couple; we would talk with you as to the most appropriate agency to follow up your enquiry.
So there you have it!
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