State Department Chides Cardinal Over Gay Slurs Against US Ambassador

Fox News ^ | 12/22/15 | Barnini Chakraborty

[marshmallow]

The State Department weighed in Tuesday on an escalating war of words between the U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic and a cardinal who has leveled gay slurs against him -- telling FoxNews.com the fight "does underscore" the importance of pushing human rights causes.

U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic James "Wally" Brewster, who is openly gay and married, has been mocked over his sexual orientation by Cardinal Archbishop Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez for more than two years.

It got so heated that earlier this month, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., sent a letter to Pope Francis asking him to intervene in the verbal attacks.

"Even before Ambassador Brewster's arrival in Santo Domingo in 2013, Cardinal Rodriguez launched a personal attack against him with public statements quoted in the popular press," Durbin's letter said. "The Cardinal used the hateful slur 'faggot,' which he continues to use to this day."

Durbin added, "In a recent interview Cardinal Rodriguez again described the ambassador as a 'faggot' and falsely claimed the ambassador was setting out to promote 'faggotry' in the Dominican Republic."

[marshmallow]

Anything remotely critical of the homosexual lifestyle and orientation is now officially designated a "slur". And no, Senator, "Wally" is not married, whatever you say.

[Gaffer]

How quaint. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton didn’t give a sh!t about a Gay Ambassador in Benghazi, but it bristles at ‘slurs’ of one of its others? Hypocrite much?

[Jeff Chandler]

"The Cardinal used the hateful slur 'faggot,' which he continues to use to this day."

I can think of worse terms.

[Da Coyote]

As if anyone with above room temp IQ respects the collection of marshmallow majors currently infesting the joke called the State Department.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

My current preference is “arse coiter”

[Servant of the Cross]

Get behind us Satan. The Dominican Republic abhors your faggotry.

[petitfour]

Human rights? Thou shalt not label me with terms I don’t like?

[Tax-chick]

I get a chuckle out of this situation every time it’s mentioned. And you’re right, it’s not a “slur”: it’s good, old-fashioned raillery.

[kidd]

The Dominican Republic does NOT recognize gay “marriage”.

The Obama administration purposely appointed “Wally” for the purpose of irritating the people of the Dominican Republic. It is diplomatic warfare.

The Cardinal is entirely correct to attack both the person and the appointment. My president is a major embarrassment.

[Fido969]

The State Department can go scr#w itself.

[Fido969]

Turban Durbin is at it again.

[jch10]

What is that on the Ambassador’s head??? He’s too silly looking to garner much respect.

[Boogieman]

The British have someone inventive ones... “uphill gardener”, for example.

[Yosemitest]

Homosexuals had to "Earn their REPROBATE MIND" by refusing God ~ not once, ~ not twice, ~ but THREE times!

I suggest not only reading, BUT STUDYING this link.
I especially agree with its last paragraph.

" The Church NEVER can and NEVER will give satisfaction—
and the homosexualist knows it,
for he knows the words against him are INERADICABLE
—to the declared and impenitent homosexual,
the person who, through an act of the vermiculate will,
has identified his person with a sin,
whether HE DEMANDS ACCEPTANCE OF HIS SIN
through "love,"
or VINDICATION
THROUGH IDENTIFICATION OF HIS PERCEIVED ENEMIES AS BIGOTS.
Whether HE PRESENTS HIMSELF as an object of love or indignation,
what HE DEMANDS in either case IS ACCEPTANCE
not of the person,
but OF THE SIN-bound and SIN-DEFINED person.
HE DEMANDS the declaration of SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY that
THERE IS NOTHING OBJECTIVELY DISORDERED about this BINDING OF MAN TO SIN,
and ASSURANCE that THIS MONSTROUS AMALGAM can indeed ENTER the kingdom of heaven.
This can NEVER HAPPEN among Christians UNTIL THEY ABANDON Christianity,
WHICH IS AT WAR WITH EVERY SIN,
and whose indelible constitution
places ALL PERVERSIONS of the perfect man
AT THE MUZZLE of its canons. "

There will be NO HOMOSEXUALS ( NOT ONE ) in the afterlife.
They WILL BE ASHES UNDER the soles of your feet ! ! !

[Eagles6]

Kudos to Cardinal Rodriguez. The soetoro regime is using the state dept and homosexual ambassadors to blackmail countries into changing their positions on homosexuals. Toe the line or no more foreign aid.

[onedoug]

“I’m telling the Pope on you. So there.”

[Henry Hnyellar]

So the diplomatic efforts of the State Department have been reduced to defending one of their Ambassadors? What a waste.

[AustinBill]

An excellent article, but indicative of the larger effects of the primal Sin (Pride) which seeks to conform God to man rather than man to God.

Ironically, the flaw in this approach is that the demand for the Church's sanction exposes a fundamental insecurity in the person making these demands. If my sense of self-worth is dependent on the choices and actions of another then that says far more about me than those I accuse of "intolerance".

In many ways the "testimony of the damned" is a far more than tacit admission of the suzerainty of the Divine. Consistency would be better evidenced by indifference than opposition. But the Church cannot be indifferent when it comes to its salvific mission, for that is the whole reason for its existence. To engage with the Church, then, requires acceptance of this mission as fundamental and unchangeable. Those who attempt to so engage without this acceptance are thus engaged in a futile pursuit.

In short, while the Church will never give up on you, you are always free to leave the Church. Those who feel the need for affirmation of their choices will find no shortage of those who will do so. Just don't expect the Church to be one of them.

[Yosemitest]

God told us CLEARLY to "CUT THEM OFF".
He did NOT say "TOLERATE THEM", or to allow them to be around you.



TO TOLERATE HOMOSEXUALS IS EVIL.
This is what we get when we FAIL to OBEY God.
For it is written:

“ For whosoever shall commit ANY of these abominations,
even the SOULS that commit them
SHALL BE CUT OFF from among their people. ”

Those who support homosexuals are against our Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ.
These anti Christ people only bring destruction on us ALL.
I have NO sympathy for homosexuals!

Homosexuality is a "Mark" of disobedience.

It was given by our Heavenly Father to test us
to see ... if we will OBEY our Heavenly Father,
and abide by His commandments, statues, and ordinances.

Someone once asked

"Why are they [homosexuals] all so angry?"

The answer is in the definition of "REPROBATE".

rep·ro·bate \ˈre-prə-ˌbāt\ a. [L. reprobatus, reprobo, to disallow; re and probo, to prove.]

1. Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.


Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them. Jer. 6.




2. Abandoned in sin; lost to virtue or grace.

They profess that they know God, but in works deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and to every good work reprobate. Titus 1.

3. Abandoned to error, or in apostasy. 2Tim. 3.

And the reason"why" is given in the Bible.

God has a cure for homosexuals.

But will we OBEY our Heavenly Father?

"Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect
that God is just,
that his justice cannot sleep forever."

[N. Theknow]

What is that on the Ambassador’s head???

A brain eating alien that died of starvation.