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  • Priest defies Vatican same-sex stand

    08/06/2003 8:33:54 AM PDT · by Loyalist · 33 replies · 148+ views
    The Globe and Mail ^ | August 6, 2003 | Daniel Leblanc and Kim Lunman
    fOTTAWA -- A Catholic priest was called a Judas and urged to defrock yesterday after he wrote a scathing open letter that condemned the Vatican's campaign against the legalization of same-sex marriage. Rev. Raymond Gravel said he received a lot of public support for his controversial views, but that he faced heat from a minority of churchgoers. He said he now expects a reprimand from his superior for breaking with the church's official position, enunciated last week. In a letter published in Montreal's La Presse, Father Gravel said the Vatican's position against same-sex marriage is "discriminatory, hurtful and offensive ....