Posted on 01/09/2012 8:40:46 PM PST by marshmallow
With all due respect to Cardinal Francis George, I think his apology is misguided and his reasoning troubling:
During a recent TV interview, speaking about this year's Gay Pride Parade, I used an analogy that is inflammatory.
I am personally distressed that what I said has been taken to mean that I believe all gays and lesbians*are like members of the Klan. I do not believe that; it is obviously not true. Many people have friends and family members who are gay or lesbian, as have I. We love them; they are part of our lives, part of who we are. I am deeply sorry for the hurt that my remarks have brought to the hearts of gays and lesbians and their families.
I can only say that my remarks were motivated by fear for the Church's liberty. This is a larger topic that cannot be explored in this expression of personal sorrow and sympathy for those who were wounded by what I said.
Francis Cardinal George, OMI
His primary justification or at least his public justification was that his analogy was hurtful. I wonder if he would publicly state that homosexual acts are "abominable." Surely, that would be "hurtful" to those who identify as homosexual, and yet that's how Scripture characterizes them.
The notion that the presence of hurt feelings means that Cardinal George has done something wrong suggests that the ethical legitimacy of public speech is determined by the subjective response of hearers. But consistently applied, that principle would prohibit all expressions of moral propositions.
Although it's unpleasant to say something that results in hurt feelings and at times hurt feelings result from our sinful words, sometimes "hurt" or bad feelings result from an encounter with truth.
Anyone who bothered to read his original comments knows that he did not suggest that...........
(Excerpt) Read more at catholiccitizens.org ...
Is he afraid to use the “P” word? (”Politically”)
No apology was needed, but if he’d clarified, he could have explained that by “KKK” this is how he means a whole lot of the “gay” movement conducts itself politically, and the Catholic church finds itself a target of such politics. (Evangelical churches find themselves such targets, too.)
How embarrassing for the family when he mentioned his nephew being a homosexual as part of his apology.
“I don’t hate people that have sex with animals, heck my own nephew....”
“I don’t hate people that are into S&M, heck my own nephew....”
Some things are better left unsaid.
And, the problem is ...?
Where are the real men in this country? we’re here. we aren’t offended by B.S, grow up aholes
His Favorite Nephew is a flaming gay.....nuff said.
“With all due respect” usually means that the person considers zero respect due.
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