Alterego-X on 02 February 2010
| starcraft said: Everyone in here is massively over-reacting. The Pope has simply said that he doesn't want a law that prevents the Catholic church from appointing who it wants, in the positions it wants, within it's own organization. That is a perfectly reasonable position to take. Religious freedom is just as important as any other. |
This.
Currently, since sexual preference isn't allowed to be a factor in giving someone a job, if a priest announces to be openly gay, he couldn't be sacked for it.
That would be weird, considering the churches moral opposition to homosexuality, it would be like if someone would protest against the church not employing atheist, or jewish, or female, etc priests.
I's not discrimination, it is a traditional requirement of the job.
