Teen denied Catholic confirmation after Facebook post supporting gay marriage

[dlwickham]

BARNESVILLE, Minn. – If you want to be a Catholic, you have to be 100 percent Catholic.

That’s the lesson one family here learned after their 17-year-old son was denied confirmation after the priest at the Assumption Church here found a pro same-sex marriage post on the teen’s Facebook.

The decision by the Rev. Gary LaMoine to deny the religious rite of passage for Lennon Cihak in mid-October shocked his mother, who said her son has gone to church every week and volunteered around the community in preparation for his confirmation this year.

“You kind of know the Catholic beliefs, but I never thought they would deny somebody confirmation because you weren’t 100 percent. I guess that’s what shocks me,” Shana Cihak said.

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/380452/

[Zoeisright]

1. Typical religious crap.

Religions are the invention of man, solely to suppress others.

[Aristus]

2. If he molested little kids, however, the Church would go all out for him.

[IDoMath]

3. Someday he will realize this was opportunity knocking

I hope someday he looks back on this as the day a priest opened the door for him and said "Fly! Be Free!"

[Brickbat]

5. I hope the church realizes that this was relevance knocking at the door saying, "Let me in!"

And the church has been saying "no thanks" for so long, relevance will soon stop knocking.

[mmonk]

4. He could get confirmed at the Franciscan Church I attend.

[Initech]

6. This archaic institution is becoming increasingly irrelevant.

[msongs]

7. the church is doing him a favor, he should take the favor and ditch the church :-) nt

[frylock]

8. he can have mine, i'm done with it