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Gays seek role on Catholic campuses
TRIBUNE-REVIEW ^ | December 26, 2005 | Brandon Keat

Posted on 12/26/2005 4:37:53 PM PST by tbird5

When the Vatican announced it would start banning priestly candidates with "deep-seated" homosexual tendencies, Duquesne University student Jonathan Danial thought it was a big mistake.

But he didn't worry that the Vatican's hard line would affect him and other gay students at Catholic universities -- a belief that was bolstered last week when Duquesne University announced it will allow a new Gay-Straight Alliance organization.

Matthew Pratter, who proposed forming the group, said Duquesne supports gay students, and he sees no sign that the Vatican's sentiments are trickling down to the campus.

"I'm not going to let myself be afraid about it yet," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: catholic; catholicschools; cinos; duquesne; duquesneu; highereducation; homosexualagenda
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1 posted on 12/26/2005 4:37:55 PM PST by tbird5
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To: tbird5

Doing what? Each other?


2 posted on 12/26/2005 4:41:26 PM PST by EagleUSA
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To: tbird5

Vestment design?


3 posted on 12/26/2005 4:42:25 PM PST by RichInOC (...heh, heh, heh...)
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To: tbird5; scripter; little jeremiah; DirtyHarryY2K
"I'm not going to let myself be afraid about it yet," he said.

Be afraid, be very afraid. ping

4 posted on 12/26/2005 4:44:13 PM PST by darkangel82
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To: tbird5

""deep-seated" homosexual tendencies,"

Interesting choice of words.


5 posted on 12/26/2005 4:46:50 PM PST by fizziwig
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To: tbird5
. . . he sees no sign that the Vatican's sentiments are trickling down to the campus.

God forbid that should happen at a Catholic college!

6 posted on 12/26/2005 4:52:38 PM PST by madprof98
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To: tbird5
I can pretty much assure everyone that there are NO gay student organizations at any of the Assembly of God colleges...

What are these people thinking?

7 posted on 12/26/2005 4:56:08 PM PST by Onelifetogive (* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
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To: tbird5

The Vatican didn't say gays couldn't be Catholics. Just that they couldn't be priests. What a non-story.


8 posted on 12/26/2005 4:57:43 PM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: tbird5
Hey Jonathan Danial & Matthew Pratter, what part of Pope Benedict XVI's message did you not understand?

Anyway, let me explain it so even you could understand: the Catholic Cafeteria was/is/always will be CLOSED!

9 posted on 12/26/2005 5:06:13 PM PST by Trajan88 (www.bullittclub.com)
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To: EagleUSA
Doing what?

Bike racks.
10 posted on 12/26/2005 5:27:21 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: tbird5

Dear Gay People,

Go ahead and sodomize each other. That's fine. But we're not paying anymore to "research the cause of AIDS." You and your demented lifestyle are steering millions of dollars away from truly unpreventable diseases.

Signed,

American who doesn't buy into your sh-t


11 posted on 12/26/2005 5:28:25 PM PST by GianniV
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To: darkangel82

Will be a-pinging tomorrow. Thanks!


12 posted on 12/26/2005 6:06:49 PM PST by little jeremiah
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To: tbird5
"deep-seated"


13 posted on 12/26/2005 6:44:27 PM PST by SkyPilot
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To: tbird5

Ah Catholcism! I was born and raised a Catholic but have since fallen away from the church. If I recall it was about the time I realized a celibate priesthood was/is/am/are the most ridiculous thing I can imagine. Nothing left these days but residual Catholic guilt....which I have always felt has kept me from doing a lot of things in my life that I would have regretted later on.


14 posted on 12/26/2005 7:00:50 PM PST by commonasdirt (Reading DU so you won't hafta)
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To: tbird5

Is the Catholic Church in the U.S. TRYING to piss off their congregations??

Catering to fagots while trying to force normal congregations out of their churches so the properties can be sold to pay off huge (and well-deserved) legal judgments for fostering child molestation?


15 posted on 12/26/2005 7:13:48 PM PST by Redbob
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"deep-seated" homosexual tendencies,"

I think they meant "deep in the seat".


16 posted on 12/26/2005 7:22:30 PM PST by hophead ("Enjoy Every Sandwich")
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To: tbird5

Do they still use castrati in their choirs?


17 posted on 12/26/2005 7:23:55 PM PST by LexBaird (This message tagged and released back into the wild. Please report sightings.)
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To: tbird5

Isn't this idiotic! The Catholic Church states that homosexuality is a great moral transgression and then allows it's universities to have official groups of those PROUD to be in this SIN. What's next, Campus Hookers Groups?


18 posted on 12/26/2005 7:29:30 PM PST by AmericaUnited
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To: AmericaUnited

The Church doesn't own these universities. some of which are about as Catholic in character as Harvard. They have been thumbing their noses at the Vatican.


19 posted on 12/26/2005 7:34:48 PM PST by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: tbird5

I long for the days where perverts would "stay in the closet" and didn't stick their pervisons in our faces on a daily basis.


20 posted on 12/26/2005 9:20:14 PM PST by SmoothTalker
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