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Women walk out of church as priest reads anti-abortion letter
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The letter was read out as the Catholic Church in Poland launched its campaign in support of proposed legislation to ban abortion.
WOMEN WALKED OUT of a church service in Poland as protests against a proposed tightening of already strict abortion laws took place across the country yesterday.
The group left the Roman Catholic church in Gdansk as a priest read out a letter supporting the ban.
The message from Polands Catholic bishops, presented at churches nationwide, called on lawmakers to back the proposal being considered by Polands right-wing government.
The move would tighten what are already some of Europes most restrictive laws on pregnancy termination. Current legislation, dating from 1993, already bans all terminations except when pregnancy results from rape or incest, poses a health risk to the mother, or if the foetus is severely deformed.
http://www.thejournal.ie/women-walk-out-church-poland-abortion-protest-2697097-Apr2016/
lunasun
(21,646 posts)WhiteTara
(29,728 posts)but we don't tend to show up for our beliefs in this way.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)October, 2004
St. Isaac Jogues Church
St. Clair Shores, Michigan
I and several others got up and walked in the middle of the priest's sermon on DOMA. The pulpit isn't supposed to be politicized, and it was hate speech. The dioceses had put out of a ton of glossy brochures defending "One Man, One Woman" throughout SE Michigan. I'm sure it cost quite a few bucks out of their non-tax-paying coffers.
Yeah, people stood up and walked out. The media just wasn't there. I left, never looked back, and gave up on religion in totality in 2007.
WhiteTara
(29,728 posts)it gives me hope for us. Good job for standing up!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)The catholic church is become irrelevant in this day and age. If it doesn't change it will die.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Centuries of oppression, misogyny, and ridiculous mythology -- that is its legacy.
Orrex
(63,228 posts)Surely that photo op must count for something?
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)I imagine it's very important to conflate the photo as such. And then quickly retrench.
Orrex
(63,228 posts)He's terrific with photo ops and with sweeping pronouncements on issues about which he can do nothing (climate change, economic inequality, endangered species), but he's conspicuously silent about matters that he's in a unique position to transform (the "sin" of homosexuality, the persecution of women, the church's system-wide shielding of predatory pedophiles, etc.)
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Pope Photo Op is a Flop.