The Hypocricy of Catholic Charities
Boston Catholic Charities decision to close it’s adoption services rather than comply with state guidelines that require them to consider all good people as equal when placing children is yet another reminder of the remorseless attitude of this Pope and his Curia toward the Lesbian and Gay community. It is not the old “love the sinner” sort of thing that they parroted in the past, it is an insistence that we be marginalized, considered disordered and unfit. The Church’s specious arguement that it must adhere to it’s teachings could be considered valid if they actually did strictly adhere. They will place children with couples who are divorced and remarried, a union that the Church does not recognize and in their eyes constitutes an adulterous relationship. “Adultery,” by the Church’s definition, in the Church’s curious vision, is a less sinful and less harmful thing to be exposed to than to a
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“The Hypocricy of Catholic Charities” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to religion and morality, while also engaging education and youth. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.
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- 1Religion and moralityTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict100%
- 2Education and youthTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life60%
- 3Family and relationshipsTheme family: Identity, culture, and community17%
- 4Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community13%
- 5Violence, safety, and dehumanizationTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict10%
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