Seattle Catholic pastor applauded for shunning anti-gay marriage drive

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The congregation at Seattle’s Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church gave the Rev. Tim Clark a standing ovation Sunday when he announced that the parish would not gather signatures for a referendum to repeal same-sex marriage.

The parish became the sixth in Seattle to opt out of the petition drive for Referendum 74 that has been endorsed and foisted on parishes by Archbishop J. Peter Sartain.

“I am happy to report that Our Lady of the Lake parishoners have been overwhelmingly and, thus far, unanimously supportive of the decision I made NOT to gather signatures in support of this Referendum,” Clark wrote in response to an e-mail.

“The standing ovation experienced during one of the Masses says less about me and much more about the health of this parish. I only wished the archbishop could have experienced the sustained applause — the ‘sensus fidelium’ — of the people. He needs to listen to this ‘voice.’ That is my prayer.”


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[Plantaganet]

1. I think you meant to post this in Religion. n/t

[mitchtv]

2. I doubt it

then I probably wouldn't have seen it. It is, after all, news to the LGBT community

[Plantaganet]

3. Somewhat.

Honestly, we're all getting a little tired of religious folks looking for credit every time they do the right thing. Without the pressure of secular society they'd still be burning us at the stake.

I suppose it's good, though, that they're at least getting started. They've got 2000 years of their own Bible-based homophobia to reverse. It will be a lot of work. Time will tell if they're up to the challenge.

[mitchtv]

4. doing the right thing is headline worthy

with the RCC ( or scarce as hens' teeth)

[William769]

5. Hi Plantaganet

I would just like to point out that there are people of faith in this LGBT community. Please keep that in mind.