So much for taking the high ground...
Treating homo’s with ‘dignity and respect’ would be to straighten them out while they’re on this Earth, instead of tacitly condoning this abomination. There is a Hell, don’t forget.
And by the way, church/spiritual leaders are held to a higher standard because of their influence on so many others.
True... you can BE gay and be Catholic. That wasn’t the question. Can you be gay AND morally straight? That answer is NO from a BSA and Catholic perspective.
Is the American Catholic Church separate from the Roman Catholic Church? If so, when did this occur?
-"Any sexual conduct, whether homosexual or heterosexual, by youth of Scouting age is contrary to the virtues of Scouting."
-"As Catholics, we believe that engaging in sexual activity outside of a marriage is immoral (CCC [Catechism of the Catholic Church] 2396)."
A previous statement issued by that body immediately after the BSA vote was even more explicit: "The Catholic Church teaches that people who experience a homosexual inclination or a same sex attraction are to be treated with respect recognizing the dignity of all persons. The Church's teaching is clear that engaging in sexual activity outside of marriage is immoral. Individuals who are open and avowed homosexuals promoting and engaging in homosexual conduct are not living lives consistent with Catholic teaching."
I went to the NCCS-BSA website and found the letter. It is very carefully worded, and I suppose does not directly oppose Catholic teaching on the issue.
It’s a pdf file, unfortunately, but here it is:
http://nccs-bsa.org/comment/Response-EPM-130529-v2.pdf
As he says, no sexual activity is encouraged in the Scouts, gay OR straight. Still, I think this is dumb, because you know the libs are going to use this to push this agenda.
And it’s quite right to say that there will be no bullying. But “anti-bullying” is being used by the PC Police to force people to say that gay is good—or you’re a bully for hurting their feelings.
Regretably, a carefully worded letter like this WILL be misinterpreted. And I’m afraid that may be what the writer intends. He is very careful not to go against Christian teaching, BUT he is effectively laying back and encouraging others to do so.
You’ll see this go off the rails the minute a Catholic Scoutmaster tries to straighten one of ‘em out.
A lot of them WILL stop sponsoring, despite the directive.
Same with the Methodists, who say they won't withdraw support.
Sounds real official to me.
It's interesting (to me) to think about, especially when I read of all the Church's internal scandals, problems, and compromises and hear personal testimonies of current and former Catholics that support that Fatima interpretation.
Things have changed rapidly in my lifetime, in positive ways at first, but then a sharp turn away from that path to something very different.
There are many sorts of warfare and this is an interesting sort of war we're in, but it's likely to turn into one of the more familiar versions soon. God, help us.
One of our jobs is to protect our kids from perverts....not encourage their presence. They’re ALL predators....there is no other way to increase their numbers. They solicit.
And they wonder why attendance has declined.
Not in conflict? Say, what?!?
Is Martin telling us that Catholic teaching can be tortured, twisted and stretched to accomodate both of these positions?
Going along to get along has severely wounded Catholicism in the US. The urge to make Jesus a sign of compromise rather than a sign of contradiction has done untold harm.
you know we’re near the end when a church comes out in defense of a pro-homosexual policy and rebukes a priest who’s correct on the issue.
we don’t need the rcc to explain the policy change, we know exactly what it means and we know it’s ridiculous and arbitrary and is a slippery slope on purpose, and we know sodomy is not part of being morally straight.
Good thing their opinion is just that and not something any Catholic has to give any serious weight to.
This group does have a bit of a conflicting interest:
If the Church no longer supports the Boy Scouts this group disappears, it’s reason for existence gone.
On one hand they claim the BSA is religiously 'oriented' and that to promote religion they must remain members while on the other hand they claim that homosexual 'oriented' has NOTHING to do with promoting homosexual sex?
Ambiguously 'Gay', meet Ambiguously Religious -a partnership brokered by satan himself.