No More Lies

I hope you don't mind a little rant against the Catholic Church. I feel like I'm qualified to bitch because I was born and raised Catholic and went to 12 years of Catholic school.

So let me tell you why I'm pissed at the Catholics right now. They are on a mission to persecute and deny the rights of homosexuals. I'm not exactly sure what the fuck we've done to the Catholic church, but if this were the time of the Inquisition I'd have bamboo shoots shoved down my fingernails right now.

First, a couple of months ago, the Pope said it wouldn't allow any gay men into seminaries. Now, this is just ridiculous. As long as the priest stays celibate then it shouldn't matter what his sexual orientation is. But the Pope thinks that a gay man couldn't understand what it would be like to counsel couples (that was one of the points in his edict). I guess celibate heterosexual men are much better at understanding what couples go through.

Then Bishop Olmsted said that an autistic boy can't take Holy Communion because he wasn't able to properly swallow the Host. Now this boy has been taking Communion for THREE YEARS!! I'm sure Jesus Christ is really concerned about fucking rules. Wasn't that his whole mission on earth? To throw away the stupid rules that the religious leaders of the day were preaching? Too bad he wasn't here now, because I'm sure he would be HAPPY that a little autistic boy WANTS to take Communion.

I'm also pissed because the Catholic Bishops in Arizona are telling people to go out and support an amendment that would change the Arizona Constitution banning gay marriage. This amendment would set us back decades. It kills me that they are saying that this amendment protects families.

First, what does a bunch of single celibate men know about families? Second, how does letting two people who love each other threaten families? Third, marriage is a CIVIL affair. I don't give a shit if the Catholic Church says no to gay marriages in their churches. HOWEVER, the United States IS NOT a theocracy. I don't want to be married in a Catholic Church. But I want the federal government to allow my spouse to get social security benefits if I die. I want to be able to visit my spouse in Intensive Care should he get ill. I want to be able to file a joint tax return. I want the over 1,000 rights that are immediately given to married couples.

Remember when inter-racial marriages weren't allowed? Those were sinful and disgusting not too long ago. Times change. We know better now. It saddens me that a man can pay $5,000 and pick from a list of women from the Ukraine, fly her out to the U.S., marry her and instantly have all of the rights and privileges of a married couple. However, a gay couple who have been together 10, 20, 30 years have none! Why does the Catholic Church believe that situation makes for a stronger family than successful long-term homosexual ones?

I'm also pissed because Catholic Charities will no longer do adoptions in Boston. Why? Massachusetts has the gaul to have a non-discrimination policy towards homosexuals. Catholic Charities thinks it's sick to let the gays adopt. So instead of helping gay families adopt children it won't place any children into homes. That's a healthy attitude--let's screw all of the children in Boston because of our homophobia. Adoption agencies across the country have done countless studies and found that children admitted into gay households are not harmed in any way. It kills me this church uses hate as a message.

Finally, I'm pissed at the Catholic Church because they are using the tenets of Christianity to discriminate against homosexuals. They say things like, "We love our gay brothers and sisters but sex outside of marriage is a sin." So let us get fucking married.

That's why they will never like gay marriages. Because if gays can marry and have sex as a married couple, they'd have to accept us as full-fledged members of the Church. They'll never do it. It's so much easier to hate and discriminate.

Sorry about this rant. It probably isn't even cohesive. I'm just a little angry right now. Fortunately, there are religious groups on our side. Many religious leaders are tired of the discrimination and are fighting for GLBT rights. One in Phoenix has written several letters to the editor to the Arizona Republic speaking out against the Catholic Church. They've also petitioned Arizona legislators. The group is called No Longer Silent: Clergy for Justice.

HAPPY TUNESDAY MOTHERFUCKERS

Originally, I was going to play Angry Chair by Alice in Chains but that would have made this entire post WAY too serious and angry (but Jay-mon would have loved it). So... I decided on this little gem from the late 80's early 90's. It's called No More Lies by Michel'le. That's what I want to say to all of the politicians and religious leaders who are PISSING ME OFF! NO MORE LIES!!!

Back to the song... When I was going to Russian school at Defense Language Institute in Monterey I used to play it all of the time. My favorite line is:
I'm not a sucker, chill out your nose is growing Pinocchio.

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