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#1062808
Horsefeathers
"Fearful that they could be forced, among other things, to extend employee benefits to same-sex married couples, church officials said they would have no choice but to abandon their contracts with the city."
Oh, drat.
However, I suspect once you realize your church revenue is down substantially you'll forget all about this.
""If the city requires this, we can't do it," Susan Gibbs, spokeswoman for the archdiocese, said Wednesday. "The city is saying in order to provide social services, you need to be secular. For us, that's really a problem.""
Only until the money stops. Then suddenly it's not going to be such a big deal.
11/25/2009 10:10:45 AM
#1062822
the old firm
And all together now: "And they will know we are Christians by our love!"
11/25/2009 10:33:15 AM
#1062837
rw23
@Clown:
> I wonder what services are these?
Providing rent boys for priests.
> And what is the nature of those contracts.
I dunno, but I bet there's a gagging clause in there somewhere.
11/25/2009 11:17:23 AM
#1062854
Headache
"The city is saying in order to provide social services, you need to be secular. For us, that's really a problem."
Great!
Now get fucking lost!
11/25/2009 11:43:06 AM
#1062857
JohnTheAtheist
Bet if they said you would have to give up your tax exempt status you would reconsider.
11/25/2009 11:57:10 AM
#1062899
myheadhurts
extortion much
11/25/2009 1:03:31 PM
#1063243
Osiris
Yes you do need to be secular in order to provide social services, so that way no one is discriminated. So that way people have a right to join what ever religion they want without being heckled by the government.
11/25/2009 7:31:23 PM
#1063612
Antichrist
Well maybe this will get the government off it's ass and quit outsourcing social services.
11/27/2009 12:06:43 AM
#1063646
Well, why do you work for them, in the first place?
11/27/2009 2:41:59 AM
#1063752
John_in_Oz
"If we're not allowed to continue oppressing homosexuals, we'll stop helping the poor. How can the city be so lacking in Christian compassion?"
</hypocrisy>
11/27/2009 9:58:43 AM
#1063757
Xotan
Catholics should be aware that they do not always do right. So why should we be surprised that they put 'principles' before Jesus's injunctions to feed the poor etc.
I'm afraid the writing is on the wall for Catholics with the release in Dublin (Ireland) yesterday of the report on clerical abuse. Ireland is now in a state of rejection of that church. From Priest to Cardinal it has been found wanting in humanity, righteousness and basic decence,. The top level made it possible for abusing clergy to continue, in full knowledge of what they were allowing. Shame. There is room in hell with Cardinal Law for all of these, I hope.
So Catholic threats in the US should be put into a context as provided by Irish revelations.
By their fruits shall ye know them.
11/27/2009 10:14:44 AM
#1063770
Dr. Shrinker
So why not just pretend it isn't a problem. That's what you did when it was revealed that your priests where sexually abusing their flocks, right?
Or, you could step off your moral high horse and do the right thing for a change.
11/27/2009 10:41:52 AM
#1064273
JSS
"The city is saying in order to provide social services, you need to be secular. For us, that's really a problem."
Fine. Let's take away your tax-exempt status then. We can't have you guys breaking the seventh commandment now can we. Government organizations are to remain secular in concordance with the First Amendment.
11/29/2009 4:04:27 PM
#1064333
moose
Another vote here for paying your property taxes, income taxes, etc. We will gladly trade your taxes for whatever the fuck you think we will miss out on.
11/29/2009 8:20:06 PM
#1146877
@rw23
*violent spittake* dude, seriously. Warn someone to not be drinking anything when they read that!
4/15/2010 6:12:59 AM
#1146936
Anon-e-moose
I think you've got more important things to concern yourselves than same-sex couples benefits, and how such could affect the Catholic Church in Washington DC.
And that's paedophile priests in the Catholic Church as a whole. Worldwide.
After all, seeing as the Church of $cientology isn't legally recognised as a religion here in the UK, they have to pay tax. What's to stop our government extending that to the Catholic Church here? You know what precedent that would set to other countries' governments.
And you're in no moral position to protest, neither. What with all the kiddy-diddling going on in the RCC.
PROTIP: Put your own house in order before you condemn the behaviour & lifestyles of others.
4/15/2010 7:27:16 AM
#1147232
Swede
"Love thy neighbor? Treat others as you want to be treated? HELL NO!"
In order to be functioning in society you need to not discriminate.
4/16/2010 1:42:49 AM
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