Detroit-area Catholic leaders urge gay marriage supporters to skip Communion

[trotsky]

Here's a rare occasion where I agree 100% with Catholic leaders. I totally agree that non-bigoted Catholics should skip communion. In fact, why not skip the RCC altogether and find a religious community that is based on tolerance and acceptance?

http://www.freep.com/article/20130408/NEWS05/304080041/Detroit-area-Catholic-leaders-urge-gay-marriage-supporters-to-skip-Communion

A Detroit professor and legal adviser to the Vatican says Catholics who promote gay marriage should not try to receive holy Communion, a key part of Catholic identity.

And the archbishop of Detroit, Allen Vigneron, told the Free Press Sunday that Catholics who receive Communion while advocating gay marriage would "logically bring shame for a double-dealing that is not unlike perjury."

...

In a post on his blog last week, Peters said that Catholic teachings make it clear that marriage is between one man and one woman. And so, "Catholics who promote 'same-sex marriage' act contrary to" Catholic law "and should not approach for holy Communion," he wrote. "They also risk having holy Communion withheld from them ... being rebuked and/or being sanctioned."

Peters didn't specify a Catholic politician or public figure in his post. But he told the Free Press that a person's "public efforts to change society's definition of marriage ... amount to committing objectively wrong actions."

[CountAllVotes]

1. this is bull

Anyone that is a Catholic, not necessarily a confirmed one (as is my status as well) is eligible to receive communion if they wish to have it.

That is the bottom line on this and sorry Catholic Church, you are wrong wrong wrong!

[rug]

2. It is bull.

Further discussion:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12212028

[Vinnie From Indy]

3. I have found that the Catholic church frowns on bringing a can of

Cheez Whiz with you when receiving communion.

Cheers!

[frylock]

4. i'd advise them to skip the collection plate as well

[hrmjustin]

5. Does he advise them to skip the collection plate as well?

[trotsky]

6. Sounds like a great idea to me.

Even better, take the amount one would have given and donate it to a gay rights group.

[hrmjustin]

7. Give it in his name.

He would hate that.

[backscatter712]

8. Works for me.

When the RCC is down to a congregation of two, maybe then they'll change their ways on LGBT rights.

[Marrah_G]

9. Notice they didn't ask those same people to stop giving them MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!

[dimbear]

10. Archbishop Allen Vigneron can send me to hell if he wants.............

http://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/4428/archbishop_allen_vigneron_can_send_me_to_hell_if_he_wants


Interesting discussion of neoclericalism, a nasty tendency we were warned against by Pope Francis.
Well, before he was yet pope.

[skepticscott]

11. Dare we call it

Militant Catholicism? sure seems to fit...

[dimbear]

12. Archbishop urges supporters of LGBT rights not to .............

http://www.policymic.com/articles/33939/allen-vigneron-archbishop-and-catholic-leaders-ask-gay-marriage-supporters-to-skip-communion


Interesting take on the situation. Vigneron is essentially punishing a thought crime, an attitude, an attitude of acceptance of other human beings. If this is the essence of his religious understanding, I hope he is very much alone.