Pope Benedict Has Spoken. Yippee Skippy.
The Pope, hereafter referred to as "The Big P.", has added his voice to the chorus of small-minded, backward thinking fearmongers of the far right to condemn my right to be married. Quelle suprise!
The Big P believes that same-sex marriage is "fake". Unlike heterosexual marriages, more than 50% of which end in divorce....those are the real deal.
What is more fake than the office of "Pope"? He's a man, just like any other man (although a bit more judgemental, influential and therefore frightening). He was elected by a group of men who enjoy unearned priviledge. He is supposedly God's spokesperson on Earth, as if the Almighty needs an agent.
The church Pope Benedict represents is responsible for a great deal of the unneccessary suffering and grief on the planet. Patriarchal edicts about birth control and abortion have led to overpopulation in some of the world's poorest and most vulnerable countries. What loving God would advocate pumping new babies into families and communities that cannot feed, clothe, shelter, educate or provide medical care for them? A church that prevents women from assuming leadership roles has absolutely no business in preaching about what women should or should not do with their bodies. More than 50% of Catholics are unrepresented, and those same 50% + are the ones who live with the chauvenistic, paternalistic, misogynistic "Holy Father" telling them what he thinks God wants.
I think God can speak for Herself, and She did, by creating scientists who figured out how to stop unwanted pregnancies.
So the Big P., who is a lifelong bachelor (that's a different rant) thinks that he has a valid opinion about marriage. To bastardize a well known phrase, "those who can, do, those who can't, preach". The man knows nothing about marriage, heterosexual or homosexual. He worries that same-sex marriage will weaken the family. Huh? Alchoholism, infidelity, divorce, physical/emotional/psychological/sexual abuse, poverty, lack of opportunity, lack of education, hopelessness, helplessness, immaturity, drug abuse.....that's what weakens families. My wedding to Christine did nothing to weaken anyone's family, and strengthened her own family.
I'm sure the Big P. would like to return to a simpler time, say the Middle Ages, when peasants lived in fear of bitter, angry, power-hungry priests who could destroy them at whim, and did, often; when a priest's word was law in his little part of the world, and the Pope might as well have been God Herself.
That time is over, Big P. You lose.
The Big P believes that same-sex marriage is "fake". Unlike heterosexual marriages, more than 50% of which end in divorce....those are the real deal.
What is more fake than the office of "Pope"? He's a man, just like any other man (although a bit more judgemental, influential and therefore frightening). He was elected by a group of men who enjoy unearned priviledge. He is supposedly God's spokesperson on Earth, as if the Almighty needs an agent.
The church Pope Benedict represents is responsible for a great deal of the unneccessary suffering and grief on the planet. Patriarchal edicts about birth control and abortion have led to overpopulation in some of the world's poorest and most vulnerable countries. What loving God would advocate pumping new babies into families and communities that cannot feed, clothe, shelter, educate or provide medical care for them? A church that prevents women from assuming leadership roles has absolutely no business in preaching about what women should or should not do with their bodies. More than 50% of Catholics are unrepresented, and those same 50% + are the ones who live with the chauvenistic, paternalistic, misogynistic "Holy Father" telling them what he thinks God wants.
I think God can speak for Herself, and She did, by creating scientists who figured out how to stop unwanted pregnancies.
So the Big P., who is a lifelong bachelor (that's a different rant) thinks that he has a valid opinion about marriage. To bastardize a well known phrase, "those who can, do, those who can't, preach". The man knows nothing about marriage, heterosexual or homosexual. He worries that same-sex marriage will weaken the family. Huh? Alchoholism, infidelity, divorce, physical/emotional/psychological/sexual abuse, poverty, lack of opportunity, lack of education, hopelessness, helplessness, immaturity, drug abuse.....that's what weakens families. My wedding to Christine did nothing to weaken anyone's family, and strengthened her own family.
I'm sure the Big P. would like to return to a simpler time, say the Middle Ages, when peasants lived in fear of bitter, angry, power-hungry priests who could destroy them at whim, and did, often; when a priest's word was law in his little part of the world, and the Pope might as well have been God Herself.
That time is over, Big P. You lose.
posted by Alphamutt at 6:07 PM
1 Comments:
Keep 'em coming Alphamutt! I love the way you express your beliefs! :)
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