God Hates Gays

[poliphilo]

The government proposes legislation requiring that all state-funded adoption agencies consider gay couples. The Archbishop of Westminster (Roman Catholic) lobbies for the right to opt out and gets the backing of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York (Anglican). But government stands firm and says, no. 

Because, as Angela Eagle MP (I've met her !) says  (in more diplomatic language than I'm going to use) if you allow exceptions on religious grounds to a law forbidding bigotry all that will happen is that every homophobe will suddenly develop a personal relationship with Jesus.

If Tony Blair (who wants to be a catholic when he grows up) were still in the ascendant he might well have given the Cardinal what he wants. It's a sign of how his authority has waned that the Cardinal got knocked back.

Hooray.

And the other thing it demonstrates is how Christian leaders are losing their grip.  Do they really want to present the Gospel of Jesus Christ as being primarily about hawt gay sex? Surely not? But to judge by the headlines they provoke, this is about the only thing on their minds these days. 

Comments

[dadi.livejournal.com]

And the other thing it demonstrates is how Christian leaders are losing their grip

Yeah. In GB maybe. Here in Italy we are still ankle deep, hell, what am I saying, hip deep into fundamentalist, vatican owned propaganda...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

This is arguably the most secular nation in the world, but people like Cormac Murphy O'Brien don't seem to have woken up to this yet- and how bad it makes him and his institution look to be flexing his bigot-muscles in public.