| Mr Khan said: I'm sure some Catholics will twist it around. Like the uninformed bozo speakers my church brought in when i was in confirmation class that tried to get me to believe that the Church supports the death penalty (hint: it doesn't). It's really only about gays and women that the church is phenomenally backwards. Everywhere else, their belief in social justice serves as a strong vanguard against modern exploitation. |
The Catholic Church has political influence. so non-Catholics are concerned.
As far as homosexuals go, there is no Biblical basis for homosexuals marrying at all, nor does it fit into tradition. It just doesn't fit the pattern. Of greater concern is the ban on married men being priests, which was done because priests would take over church property and give it to their kids. It was also felt that unmarried individuals could be more freed of the concerns of the world to do things. In the Eastern Orthodoxx Church, bishops are elected from unmarried men. It is part of the tradition of things. But, I think it would be good here to focus on the economic side of things. There is a core debate around the GOP's values in the United States, and a belief here in that people get what they deserve in life, and those who work hard and are gifted, always come out on top (Sean Hannity actually said that once on his show). I also know a number here are opposed to government involvement in helping anyone at all. Just curious to see how far this opposition goes.
