A policeman's lot is not an 'appy one
I have only just heard about the story of PC Graham Cogman who has taken Norfolk Police to an employment tribunal on grounds of harassment because of his traditional Christian values. During Gay History Month, gay liaison officers at the Great Yarmouth HQ put pressure on colleagues to wear a pink ribbon. PC Cogman sent an email round to state his Christian views and remind other officers that Christians, and other members of society, whom they serve as officers, believed homosexual acts to be wrong in God’s eyes.
For this, he was banned from using the internal email system. When the same thing happened a year later, he was summoned to a disciplinary hearing. Advised by his lawyers, and fearing to lose his job, he pleaded guilty to a breach of the police code of practice and was fined the maximum, £1,200.
After putting a christian text on his computer screen saver, he was questioned again and now faces the possibility of losing his job. Hence his action for harrassment.
Thanks to the Christian Legal Centre. See: Police officer discriminated against for traditional beliefs
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"Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven."
Fr Tim, this is not the only "ishoo" facing serving police officers at this moment in time. I know of many who are very concerned at eroding powers and increasing impotence. There can be nothing worse.
It may be worth googling "Euro Trans Gen Force" to find out what Tony's plan for our combined police forces are. Not good. Time to arm up, I say.
Today's Gospel reading comes straight to mind: 'Luke 21: 12 - 19
12 But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.
13 This will be a time for you to bear testimony.
14 Settle it therefore in your minds, not to meditate beforehand how to answer;
15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.
16 You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends, and some of you they will put to death;
17 you will be hated by all for my name's sake.
18 But not a hair of your head will perish.
19 By your endurance you will gain your lives.
PC Graham Cogman - Good and Faithful servant of the Lord. If they sack him,it will be a real travesty of justice and the Police will lose a valuable member from their ranks, on account of what precisely???? That he is a man with moral backbone and conviction to do what everyone knows is right!
Doesn't matter how much the homosexual lobby scream and holler or how many people they persecute - their lifestyle remains permanently at odds with natural law and family life as ordained by God.
A constable who accused Norfolk police of promoting gay rights over religious beliefs was last night sacked from the force for misconduct.
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=NOED25%20Nov%202008%2018%3A54%3A40%3A880
Mark - thank you for the link. For others, this is the link to the EDP story using html (see the note at the bottom of the sidebar on how to put a link in the combox.)
Sad to hear that PC Cogman has been sacked.
George: you need to explain why homosexuality is "against the natural law"
Where is the "natural law" written?
Secondly, can you please tell me what is natural about smoking, drinking alcohol, or married couples that are baron and having sex for pleasure?
Thirdly, if homosexuality is "unnatural", why is it practised in so many other animal forms, especially those so close to the human kind?
And lastly, please state where Christ preached on homosexuality, or any sexual related issues, in fact...
Tim Finigan: The view you preach is not that of "Christianity" as a whole, it is that of the Roman Catholic Church, which is not every Christian denomination out there.
I'm not entirely sure wearing a pink ribbon is to promote sex between same sex individuals, it's more likely that there are homosexual people that wish to be recognised as that, and not have to shy away from it.
Isn't it sad in this world that people are forced to "come out" as homosexual, as everyone's assumed hetreosexual by default? And few do in the Church because of the stigma the Church has put on it?
It's no wonder so many homosexual catholics become priests: it's a way for them to escape their sexuality and feelings by being put in a position where it can be surpressed.
God help the Catholic Church, really.
Hello, teamaker. Jesus preached about sexual matters when he said that a man who even looked at a woman lustfully had committed adultery with her in his heart. He not only accepted the morality of the Jewish people concerning marriage but raised that standard of that morality to include even impure thoughts.
For us as Catholics (and indeed for all Christians until recently) any deliberate sexual thought word or deed outside of marriage is sinful.
That's not to say that Catholics don't commit those sins - they do. but they don't celebrate them as though they were a good.
Everyone has to suppress their "sexuality" sometimes otherwise there would be no faithful relationships. It is a part of being a fallen and sinful human person to have to fight temptation sometimes, whether that is the temptation to have too much to drink, the temptation to get unjustly angry or the temptation to have sex with someone you shouldn't.
I wish you well.
teamaker: by the questions you ask you show that you appear have not really bothered to look at the masses of research and associated documents on the issues you raise.
Even a cursory peek at Wikipedia gives you the basics: Natural law or the law of nature (Latin: lex naturalis) is a theory that posits the existence of a law whose content is set by nature and that therefore has validity everywhere.
Homosexuality is just so obviously against the 'natural law' otherwise the human race would have ceased to exist long ago. It is 'written' into the very being of every person. That some have an inclination towards or choose the homosexual lifestyle is something they have to live with and hopefully with time and support will come to understand why it can only lead to emptiness and despair as eviednced by so many severly depressed and suicidal homosexual men and women.
I think Fr Tim has explained the temptations of excessive alcohol and smoking. Sex within marriage between a man and a woman is both unitive and procreative. Provided there is no artificial barrier to the possibility of conception, then there is no sin. That a couple may be infertile is not their fault and the closeness and unitive aspect of the sexual act is perfectly normal and enhances the marital relationship.
Now we come to the great homosexual animal myth and I will respectfully direct you to teh following link that debunks this nonsense and junk science!
www.narth.com/docs/animalmyth.html
Thank goodness for organisations like NARTH as they have helped so many put the homosexual lifestyle behind them - yes it is possible. Read the testimonies for yourselves. And there are thousands.
Finally please read your New Testament including Paul's Letters, which fully represent Christ's Teaching on these issues.
Where do you come up with your evidence to support your nasty allegations that so many homosexual Catholics become Priests. Total nonsense! You know there is actually a lot more to a Human Being than their sexuality - unless you happen to be homosexual that is, in which case it appears to be an all consuming flame of bigotry and hatred towards anyone and anything that isn't. So much for tolerance!
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