Gay students organize campaign to kick out Catholic priest for saying homosexuality, abortion sinful

Life Site News ^ | 4-5-13 | John Jalsevac

[ReformationFan]

Catholic students at George Washington University are rallying to the support of their beloved priest after two gay seniors launched a campaign to kick him out of his post at the university’s Newman Center for preaching that homosexuality and abortion are sinful.

The GW Hatchet, a campus newspaper, reported this week that seniors Damian Legacy and Blake Bergen are spearheading the campaign. The story has since been picked up by numerous other news outlets.

Fr. Greg Shaffer

The students say that they will file a formal complaint with the university, release a video featuring ten other students who share their opinion, and hold prayer vigils until the priest is removed from his post. They are also demanding that the university’s Student Association defund the Newman Center, which receives $10,000 a year.

In their letter of complaint the pair will reportedly cite studies showing how being around “homophobic” behavior can lead to loss of appetite and problems sleeping.

The students complain that Fr. Greg Shaffer has spoken out against gay “marriage” and abortion, and has counseled homosexual Catholic students to embrace celibacy. They said they were disturbed when Fr. Shaffer quoted the Book of Romans and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

[ReformationFan]

In other words, these students were upset that a Roman Catholic priest is actually Roman Catholic? Imagine if they ever actually listened to the Pope.

[Secret Agent Man]

Why are they at a Catholic University? The priests are just affirming what the bible says.

Good grief. Let’s kick out christians for following their faith faithfully.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Sexual Deviants Gone Wild!

[Secret Agent Man]

Only liberal idiots do this kind of stuff and expect their demands be met.

What conservative joins PETA. starts eating a meat sandwich there, and then wants to kick people out of PETA because they’re vegetarians?

What conservative joins a liberal group and then demands the liberal group kick out liberals because they teach beliefs that are liberal?

What kind of media coverage would that get? Sympathetic, like this puff piece, or a scathing attack by the media?

[rktman]

Man, do I love me some tolerant gay folks. You gotta accept EVERYTHING they say or do but they ain’t listenin’ to squat you gotta say. More diversity training for someone required. And it ain’t me.

[caww]

....” being around “homophobic” behavior can lead to loss of appetite and problems sleeping.”....

Among one of the behaviors among many young gays is the desire for attention....I’d love evidence that homosexual practices stunts ones growth!

But for these two...perhaps they’re having restless nights and loss of appetite, might evidence what they’re doing to each other is the cause....guilt has a way of bringing with it troublesome sleep.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

I believe the scientific term is “Drama Queen”

[iowamark]

GWU isn’t Catholic.

[jonrick46]

These gay students need to be told that their ignorant comments are bigoted and hateful of all Catholics. Until they understand Catholic teaching on sin, their ignorant comments will be disregarded.

[Secret Agent Man]

hmmm, thanks, i thought it was.

[Yosemitest]

The Catholics would have this problem it we would OBEY God.

Those who support homosexuals are against our Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ.
These anti Christ people only bring destruction on us ALL.
I have NO sympathy for homosexuals!

Homosexuality is a "Mark" of disobedience.

It was given by our Heavenly Father to test us
to see ... if we will OBEY our Heavenly Father,
and abide by His commandments, statues, and ordinances.

Someone once asked

"Why are they [homosexuals] all so angry?"

The answer is in the definition of "REPROBATE".

rep·ro·bate \ˈre-prə-ˌbāt\ a. [L. reprobatus, reprobo, to disallow; re and probo, to prove.]

1. Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.


Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them. Jer. 6.




2. Abandoned in sin; lost to virtue or grace.

They profess that they know God, but in works deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and to every good work reprobate. Titus 1.

3. Abandoned to error, or in apostasy. 2Tim. 3.

And the reason"why" is given in the Bible.

God has a cure for homosexuals.

But will we OBEY our Heavenly Father?

[Ann Archy]

OMG....the Homos are going to hold a "PRAYER Vigil" til the Priest is kicked out for telling the TRUTH??? Now THAT is taking the Lord's name in VAIN!!!

If a CATHOLIC university would kick out a Priest for speaking the TRUTH, NO ONE is SAFE....NO ONE.....Good BYE AMerica.

[BillyBoy]

>> hold prayer vigils until the priest is removed from his post. <<

Prayer vigils to who? Satan?

[Campion]

GWU is not a Catholic school.

[Loud Mime]

This is a case of intolerance masquerading as tolerance. It’s the theme of lots of people, conservatives and liberals alike.

[markomalley]

Why are they at a Catholic University? The priests are just affirming what the bible says.

It wasn't talking about Trinity DC.

They kicked their Catholic chaplain out a long time ago.

[Jed Eckert]

In another time, not too long ago, there would have been an organized campaign to get the gay students sodomites thrown out.

The communists are certainly working hard on their 45 Goals. Especially number 26 lately.

[Mrs. Don-o]

"Legacy has since been ordained in the North American Old Catholic Church, which encourages homosexuals to become clergy..."

Looked it up. The North American Old Catholic Church, founded in 2007 in Louisville, KY, says it "has developed its own Old Catholic history and culture," its faith tradition being described as "rooted in the early days of Jesus".

[Fabulous! In existence for six years, they have already "developed their own history"! Going "back to the early days of Jesus!"]

In addition to not recognizing the pope, the North American Old Catholic Church "provides that priest celibacy is optional, married men may be ordained as priest, and divorced Catholics may remarry within the Old Catholic Church without getting an annulment. It also "ordains bisexual people, divorced people, gay, lesbian, married people, transgender people, and women."

"Together, the church collective supports social justice concerns such as women's rights, gay rights, and "being good stewards of the environment."

They ought to invite Garry Wills to be their next Fabulous Ordinary, since he, like they, just managed to discover the genius of Protestantism a mere 500 years later than everybody else did. True Ancient and Primitive Successors to the Spin-Offs of the Apostles, going back to when Peter, John and Mary Magdalen used to sit around the house-church and read to each other from the Book of Neuteronomy (KJV only).

Dang. I just LOVE bit about "developing their own history." I'm joining! I want to be 19 again, and the Cardinal-Queen of Romania.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Sorry, fumblin' fingers. I meant to ping you to this one:

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