This Guy Is Seriously Out Of Touch

[unhappycamper]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/08/detroit-catholic-leaders-suggest-self-excommunication-for-same-sex-marriage-supporters/



Detroit Catholic leaders suggest self-excommunication for same sex marriage supporters
By David Edwards
Monday, April 8, 2013 10:07 EDT

The archbishop of Detroit told Catholics who support same sex marriage that they should effectively excommunicate themselves.

Archbishop Allen Vigneron on Sunday said that Catholics who support marriage equality and try to receive Communion would “logically bring shame for a double-dealing that is not unlike perjury,” according to the Detroit Free Press.

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“Catholics who promote ‘same-sex marriage’ act contrary to Canon 209 § 1 and should not approach for holy Communion per Canon 916,” Peters wrote. “Depending on the facts of the case, they also risk having holy Communion withheld from them under Canon 915, being rebuked under Canon 1339 § 2, and/or being sanctioned under Canon 1369 for gravely injuring good morals.”

“The Catholic Church would regard any attempt by persons of the same sex to marry, regardless of their religious affiliation or lack thereof, as null,” he insisted.



unhappycamper comment: This kind of bigotry is why I will never go into a Catholic Church again unless it's for a wedding or a funeral.

[MarianJack]

1. Just exactly who is he (or any other priest)...

...to deny the Eucharist to a congregant? Would he have denied a Civil Rights supporter in the late 50s?

PEACE!

[MNBrewer]

3. WHo is he? He's the fkkin ARCHBISHOP. It's his JOB to decide

who should and who should not participate in that ceremony.

[MarianJack]

5. He has NO standing to deny...

...a sacrament to any person of faith based on their political beliefs. This is just as disgraceful as the numbnuts clergy who wanted to deny the Eucharist to supporters of John Kerry in 2004.

PEACE!

[MNBrewer]

6. Tell it to the Vatican.

Their Religion, Their Rules.

[MarianJack]

7. The way my family and I would do that...

...would be to refuse to move from the front of a priest who would be stupid enough to try to deny us! It is OUR church, too!

PEACE!

[MNBrewer]

8. While I may not disagree with you

The organization that makes the rules and owns the facilities seems to.

[Ilsa]

2. Parishioners need to stand up and walk out of

Mass or services where bigotry is preached. Let the priests and preachers know they won't stand for it by physically abandoning the service.

[uriel1972]

4. I'm kinda glad he's said this...

It leaves the fence sitters very little wiggle room to defend their organisation.

[Rowdyboy]

9. I'm Episcopalian and we are more open. "Catholic lite"-all the ritual and none of the guilt....

Works for me...