Posted on 09/08/2011 6:40:27 AM PDT by marshmallow
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 6, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - While surveying the landscape for inroads to push the homosexual agenda into Poland, American embassy officials under the Obama administration complained that the Catholic Church teaching is a major source of “homophobia” in the heavily Catholic country, according to private cables recently published by Wikileaks.
The cables from the American embassy in Warsaw, marked “sensitive but unclassified,” were part of a dump of over 250,000 official government documents last week by Wikileaks.
One cable from the American embassy in Warsaw dated August 2009 pointed to the Catholic Church as central in promoting “homophobia” in the former Soviet-controlled country.
“The Catholic Church plays a significant role in the formation and propagation of anti-gay attitudes in Polish society, especially in rural areas,” states the communiqué entitled “Gay rights in Poland: long road ahead.”
Officials did note that “the Polish Episcopate has condemned violence and discrimination against gays and lesbians,” but said that message is ignored by local priests teaching that sexual attraction to the same gender is “a deviant condition.”
“Moreover, the Church continues to label homosexual acts as sins and calls on homosexuals to practice abstinence. Most Polish opponents of gay rights cite ‘Catholic values’ and ‘natural law’ to support their views,” the cable continues.
While largely ignored, the issue of the homosexual agenda has come onto the radar of more conservative Polish statesmen: officials note that some lawmakers are readying defenses against acceptance of homosexuality in schools by drafting legislation similar to a law in Lithuania that bans favorable depictions of homosexuality.
Despite cultural and political hurdles, the American embassy appeared optimistic that the gay rights movement would eventually take hold in Poland.
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There has never been a mother who didn’t cry upon learning her son or daughter was a committed homosexual.
Their lineage or any hope of grandchildren died in that moment of realization.
Zer0 has zero tolerance for diversity of opinion. He’s a hater!
Overseas, that often means the Catholic church. Unfortunately, it does not domestically.
Yeah the Catholics did it,,, because Poles were otherwise widely known for support of homos. Them and the Russians just loved gay culture till the Catholics ruined it! /
Nobody wants to hear it,, but that part of the world might save western culture. The former USSR is widely Orthodox and in some areas Catholic. They are both treasuring values we have apparently forgot.
Got a link for that 1971 reference?
I agree.
are there any US embassies left that are not islands of homosexuality in their host countries?
So is it official US Government policy to tell religions what they should teach on sexual morality? If a moment of silence in public schools is a religious establishment in breach of the First Amendment, why isn't this?
Reminds me of when the US Dept. of State had a gay pride bash at the US embassy in Iraq. My brother, who worked with these people, thought that the State Dept. has a disproportionately large amount of gays in its ranks.
Being of Polish origin and a 4th Degree K of C, I must say “yes!”
I'll believe that when I see it.
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Obama was placed in Federal foster care in 1971 and placed with:...and what you said elsewhere (about Obama being naturalized in the U.S. after his 18th birthday)...
Catholic Charities Migration & Refugee Services Hartford, CT
www.cccfs.org
Obama (along with the SSN he used on his 2009 tax return) apparently failed an E-Verify check.and NYer: Might there be a conservative Catholic with enough pull at the Archdiocese of Hartford to find a 'refugee' record, or Permanent Resident Alien record for Barry Soetoro or BHO, from the 1971-1977 timeframe?
The reason for his E-Verify failure appears to be that Barack H Obama is a "non-citizen who does not have a current immigration status". ... This, according to SSA's A-08-09-19099-Social Security Afministration Aug 26, 2009 (Special Indicator Codes)
See...
E-Verify says Obama not eligible for employment in the United States
What does Zero think the Bible says about them?
He knows, but of course he does not believe what is in “The Book”.
Poor Obastard.
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