Posted on 11/07/2005 10:58:31 AM PST by Antioch
Minnesota churches will soon see a sign of protest in collection plates. Gay Catholics and their supporters plan to mark their donations to send a message to let the church know who exactly is giving them their money. Cash donations will be marked with a pink triangle around the pyramid on the back, while checks will have a notation in the memo field.
“If you want our money, then support us,” says parishioner Tom Degree. “They need to know how much they are receiving from GLBT congregants.”
Degree and others are concerned about several positions the Catholic church has taken recently, such as banning gay priests. “I think that’s a bright idea,” says Rachel Dykosky. “I think they should let them know where the money is coming from. The church needs to know who is supporting them.”
Others think the protest is too political, and doesn’t belong in church. “It’s incomprehensible to me that they would do that. I don’t see any logic in it,” says Florence Pope.
Degree thinks the search for marked money will be similar to the church’s search for gay members in seminaries.
“This is gay money,” degree says. “If you don’t feel comfortable taking it, throw it away.”
It's worse than a 'substitute for confession' ... these people want the grotesque, perverted evil of sodomy to be called 'good'. They're doing the work of the "father of lies".
The pyramid is only found on one dollar bills. If you want someone to notice your donation, use large bills.
Should anyone in Minnesota wish to counter protest, I suggest highlighting in gold, the words "In God We Trust" found on the back of all denominations of US currency.
Another way for homosexuals to blow some bucks.
A dollar bill?
They're cheap, too.
The more reputable studies put the gay population at no more than 2% of the general population. If the culturally Catholic proportion of gays is the same as in the general population (about 25%), then we're down to 0.5% of the overall population. But many Catholic homosexuals have already repudiated their membership in the Church, so the number is even smaller than that, perhaps only half. Further, among those who haven't repudiated their membership, a sizeable number probably don't attend Mass on anything like a regular basis, either (let's assume half, again, which is actually better than the overall population, so I'm being generous), making the potential base for this "protest" very small indeed.
"Therefore," half of half of 0.5% of the 293,000,000 people in this country is...366,250 people. Nationwide. At most.
I don't think the Church will miss their money all that much! ;-)
There's a pattern here. It seems to me that, since the seminary investigations began, and the Vatican statement on homosexuality is known to be ready for publication, the gay lobby in the Church is working overtime in a desperate effort to "shame" the Church into acquiescence. All sorts of "Catholic" colleges and "theologians" are weighing-in with their sophistries on this subject, and much of this finds its way onto the FR discussion boards as evidence.
This pathetic effort is part and parcel of the larger campaign. The Church should just ignore it. Just to make sure, I think Between the Lines' idea of highlighting in gold "In God We Trust" is an excellent thing to publicize as a counter-protest. Plus, it can be done on higher denominations than just "Ones"! Two can play this game!
You can't get AIDS from handling money.
;'}
You can't get AIDS from handling money. It all depends on what's involved in "handling". Some people don't like the feel of a wallet in their pockets.
Owl_Eagle
(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
Yuck.
Oh you savage!
Reminds me of the Gospel passage where Satan takes Jesus to the pinnacle of the temple and says "See all this? (the surrounding cities and towns) You can have it all if you just bow down and worship me!"
Seems the homosexuals think the same way.
" See all this money? It's all yours if you just support us."
Er.....no!!!!!
Please catch up on your anti Catholic bashing. There are no indulgences for sale.
Very good analysis of the situation.
I remember that two years ago it cost me $500.00 to buy an indulgence so I could comitt adultery. My Bishop said, "Consider yourself lucky. Some Dioceses are charging $750.00"
Right now, I have my eys on a cute little blonde who works at Macy's. I am thinking of refinancing my house.
I was joking ...
Excellent point. I've often mentioned that we wouldn't be having the problem with homosexual aggressiveness (so to speak) that we have today, if heterosexuals hadn't given themselves a moral pass for sins against chastity for the last two or three generations. It's easy to condemn the sin that doesn't tempt you, but much more difficult to repent of, and stop practicing, the one you think is necessary to your life.
Did I mention drinking in the afternoon, and an excess of colorful language?
Oh, dear! You'd better read some of the "housing bubble" threads, first, or you'll find yourself in deep doo-doo, mortgage wise!
It's called, Bringing the Bedroom to Church.
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