Well I suppose not quite, but interesting nevertheless. David Osler ("Ex-punk. Ex-Trot. Unchanged attitude problem.") writes a thought-provoking piece on his blog Dave's Part, about
Pope Benedict XVI and UK Equality Law. Reading this, you need to exercise indulgence in ignoring some of the
de rigeur socialist inverted snootiness about the Catholic Church and enjoy the fact that he highlights the inconsistency of the hated New Labour revisionism, as in:
Well, New Labour in office has been adamant about its wish for ‘dialogue’ with ‘faith communities’, so it can hardly feign surprise when a religion with over 4m adherents takes it up on the idea.
Again, leaving aside some of the bits we would all take issue with, just consider this from a left-wing commentator:
Common sense alone dictates that the League Against Cruel Sports has no duty to be an equal opportunities employer in respect of illegal cock fighting aficionados. If you apply to be a Conservative parliamentary candidate and then inform the selection meeting that you are an anarcho-syndicalist, you do not have grounds subsequently to bring a discrimination case.
Peter Tatchell – a man with whom I usually agree on much – has been widely quoted taking the Pope to task on this one. But my guess is that he wouldn’t hire an overt homophobe for an admin job at OutRage!
By the same token, if you want to work for the Catholic Church, your potential bosses might reasonably expect you to uphold the teachings of Catholicism. If you are gay, it will presumably not have escaped your notice that the Vatican has a longstanding downer on hot man-on-man legover action.
And why would a self-respecting gay man or woman want to be a member of an organisation that teaches them that same-sex personal relationships are sinful, anyway? There are plenty of wussy denominations that take a more inclusive line, not least the Church of England.
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The 'Left' doesn't have a united front when it comes to Catholic bashing. There are a number who don't succumb to such hatred or bigotry, thank God.
http://splinteredsunrise.wordpress.com/2010/02/03/secular-liberals-feign-shock-that-pope-doesnt-subscribe-to-secular-liberalism/
http://dolphinarium.blogspot.com/
And thank God that the Equalities Bill hasn't got through as the Government wanted.
A sad blog, reminds me of the views of Socialist workers in the 60s. Even sadder are the comments that accompany it; Trotsky is alive and well and living in ....?
... But that's pretty true, isn't it! I mean this:
And why would a self-respecting gay man or woman want to be a member of an organisation that teaches them that same-sex personal relationships are sinful, anyway? There are plenty of wussy denominations that take a more inclusive line, not least the Church of England.
let them be what they want, but not try to change the true religion...
Just my 2 cents..
When Cortés cast down the blood-drenched Aztec idol and replaced it with a tiny statue of Our Lady, the ground shook with the anguished roar of the demons thus exorcised. Much the same happened in Britain yesterday. What very, very, very sore losers they are.
Well, they have seen nothing yet. We are on a roll. All three parties come out of this whole business extremely badly. So let's get rid of all of them. Bring on the Election. If we can achieve this, then why not that? Why not, at least, 10 MPs in the coming hung Parliament? Or 20? Or 50? Or 100? Of course, to have MPs, we first need candidates.
Andrew Brown from the Guardian has his piece on Pope Benedict, showing that even a blind hen can pick up a corn or two:
"English atheism descends very clearly from protestantism, and tends to regard Catholicism as the purest and most evil religion."
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