Tim Kee, a teacher in Marion, Ill., who was turned away by Catholic Charities three years ago when he and his longtime partner, Rick Wade, tried to adopt a child, said: “We’re both Catholic, we love our church, but Catholic Charities closed the door to us. To add insult to injury, my tax dollars went to provide discrimination against me.”
““We’re both Catholic, we love our church, but...”
Hogwash!
It’s Church verses State.
There is no question the Church can do twice as much good with half as much money as the State can do. But when it comes down to using tax dollars - the State will win every time.
I guess I’m just ignorant or not “politically correct”. But I just don’t understand why we have to force Catholic Charities and others out of the family adoption business because of the coming of homosexual marriage/civil unions.
Why do we have to force a good organization providing a beneficial service to society out of that business, just to make the gay community happy?
Why doesn’t the Human Rights Campaign and Lambda Legal, and popular homosexuals such as Rosie O’Donnell, start their own homosexual adoption organization? And leave established organizations such as Catholic Charities alone?????
Key... don’t take state money.
Stop taking state money.
Now that's interesting. That statement assumes that homosexuality is a civil right, even though he would have to tell me if he is homosexual or not - as opposed to race or sex where the difference is apparent without explanation. If I tell you I'm homosexual, you have to accept that but if I told you I was a black female, you don't. Is that fair?
What about same-sex "couples" who are not homosexual? Are they treated differently? What about homosexuals who refuse to admit their homosexuality? What about heterosexuals who pretend to be homosexual? Don't they deserve protection?
Suppose I want to be homosexual this week and heterosexual next week? Does that apply? Can I get "rights" on alternate weeks?
Apparently.
This will no doubt earn me flames, but the real scandal is that “Catholic” Charities is funded in large part by the US Government and not the faithful.
We Catholics have not done a good job of supporting our (worthy) institutions. (I am well aware that there are plenty of unworthy “Catholic” institutions - the LCWR and CCHD spring to mind.)
This IMHO is a pernicious side effect of the double whammy of high taxation & materialistic culture - families don’t feel they have enough left over to sustain our charitable institutions. (not saying it is justified.)
I am of mixed mind as to whether we should accept government funding. One the one hand, I’d prefer it going to Catholic Charities instead of ACORN. On the other, it is inevitible that the government would eventually force some unacceptable conditions.
I heard a guy put it well the other day, when referring to the bell ringer’s greeting of “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas”.
The ringer said he didn’t want to offend anyone, and the guy said that wasn’t true. He was just choosing whom he would offend, and he had decided that offending Christians was OK.
So, when someone says they “don’t want to offend anyone” and choose PC verbiage or behavior, call them on it.
The Bishops will be properly leading their flocks when they actually shout from the pulpit that placing children with homosexual couples is disgusting, immoral and evil.
Pingout tomorrow.