Posted on 04/10/2006 11:42:46 PM PDT by narses
A group of students, faculty and staff under the name GU Affirms Equality released a letter to the community last week affirming "the spiritual, political, moral and social equality of the LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender] members of the Gonzaga community."
The letter, which heavily cites Vatican documents and Catholic teaching, seeks to show that the Catholic Church's teachings affirm members of the LGBT community, and that recent actions on the part of the Vatican, including language addressing homosexuality in the priesthood, has not been consistent with the Church's overall teachings on homosexuality. These teachings prohibit malicious and offensive language and actions against homosexuals.
The project, facilitated by Dr. Mark Alfino, a philosophy professor, began as an idea in late November when Alfino contacted Alliance Forum, the GLBT advisory board and other campus groups to discuss recent events such as the Dr. Diggs lecture in the fall,. He felt it was not in line with Catholic teaching and recent Vatican documents that seemed contradictory to the Church's stand against discrimination, prejudice and maliciousness toward the LGBT community.
After the "Brokeback Mountain" chant at the St. Mary's game, the project gained more momentum.
"We need to address the negative publicity that Gonzaga has received and the negative human rights implications," Alfino said. He believes promoting equality and affirming LGBT members of the community will take a lot of energy, but he hopes that more than anything, GU Affirms Equality will spark discussion.
Before the group started, Alfino wanted to make sure everyone understood the commitment and that all the clubs to be involved were ready. Most people he talked to were ready to create a plan and take action by January, according to Alfino.
Three groups were organized for the project, all comprising students, faculty and staff: a contact group, a letter writing group and a steering committee, the latter comprising of about 10 people, making it the smallest of the groups.
"We wanted to make an affirmation in the letter," Alfino said. "The first idea for the letter was to describe the Catholic context for the discussion. I think we're at a critical point in the discussion for Civil Rights in GLBT equality…we could be at the tipping point." Continued...
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And being that’s it’s a trinity. And we know what his Dad had to say about it.
The story of Sodom and Gomorrah
http://www.bibleplus.org/homosexuality/homo.htm#The%20story%20of%20Sodom%20and%20Gomorrah
Sodom and Gomorrah Rediscovered
http://www.bibleplus.org/discoveries/sodomfound.htm
That's not kosher.
It's interesting how "GLBT" has now evolved into "LGBT" yet both acronyms are used within the same article. It appears that gender confusion has evolved into acronym confusion.
A Catholic context for willful, repeated and highly publicized aberrant behaviours? Hmmm.
I know that some of our Jesuit and Franciscan clergy have wandered off into the leftist wilderness, but to accuse the Vatican of changing its rules and regulations in this arena is wishful thinking at best and dangerously heretical activism at worst. Pope Benedict is getting rid of the loose gravel and the soft shoulders of the Way and making straight the path.
Those who don't wish to walk that Way please feel free to pick any other. I suspect that those guilty of the attempted corruption of His Church just might get a little extra attention from Him on the Last Day.
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