Yep. It's unpleasant / morally wrong but it's their freedom. The road you propose leads to theocracy. I'll pass on being temporally ruled by any religious figure.
If Catholics want to make this large of a deal about this then why not take measures to stop someone from doing it? Like having the priest place the host in the petitioner's mouth?
“The road you propose leads to theocracy. I’ll pass on being temporally ruled by any religious figure.”
That’s really stretching it. Common courtesy and civility has nothing to do with establishing a theocracy.
You speak from Robespierre and Danton, not from The Constitution of the United States of America.
Theft is hardly a freedom. Besides, we are about as far away from becoming a theocracy as possible. If anything the human secularlist have created an anti-theocracy.
“If Catholics want to make this large of a deal about this then why not take measures to stop someone from doing it? Like having the priest place the host in the petitioner’s mouth?”
So. Now you are involved in Catholic theology and practice?
What’s this about not being ruled by a theocracy, but the secular realm you speak from is telling us how to practice our faith?
Thank you. I thoroughly disagree with most of the rest of what you're saying regarding the Eucharist (though Catholic posters are debating with you on that, so I'll let them continue); however, this demonstrates that you understand the "big picture" of the situation better than the overarching majority of Catholics.
Sometimes the old ways are the best ways.