doesn't that make Jesus a polygamist of the highest order?

Oh wait. Another metaphor. This religion crap can be really confusing.

Wish there were some scholars out there to clear things up.

someone should inform the catholic church that hiding child molesters is a far worse crime than having sex outside of marriage. It might also be a good to remind the church that saying their blessed sacrament of marriage that no man can put asunder unless one pays a small fee to the church to allow for an annulment doesn't exactly scream consistency of effort or moral high ground...

What's truly annoying is hearing these believers tell me I must respect their religion because they have the right to believe whatever they like. That's patently untrue. The 1st amendment says the GOVERNMENT can't intrude into their religion, while the other component of the 1st amendment allows me to point out every single day just how ridiculous their belief system is when pedophiles are hidden and moved to another unsuspecting community to prey upon new victims and when the pope himself allows a sack of shit like the cardinal from Scotland to resign over sexual misconduct but retain his title...

They want to tell me about the morality of the actions of adults who have sex outside of marriage? Really? Perhaps when they can figure out how to maintain the morality of their disgusting group of organizationally protected sex criminals I might have a modicum of respect, until then they can kiss my ass as I will never respect an organization responsible for large scale pedophilia...it should be forcibly disbanded as an organization and removed from the lists of tax-exempt entities for those criminal acts just like any other RICO band of criminals.

But they were being compromised by showing up for school on a day to raise awareness of anti-gay language and bullying.

Does that sound stupid to anyone else????

It isn't like they were told to participate in gay or lesbian sex acts!

If it is deeply and sincerely felt, then it is just another way of knowing and we need to shut up and not criticize. Or so we are told.

It's freedom!

One day I brought a science-fiction paperback to school. It was the first real book I bought with my own money. I thought it was a move up the literary ladder from comic books, so I was proud to put it on my desk on top of my Catechism texts. The nun I had that year immediately seized it and said she would see if it was appropriate. She never returned it. To this day, I wish I could remember what it was.

Having attended catholic school, I can attest to that.

Ruler smacks on knuckles might be a joke, but I witnessed truly abusive behavior by some who should have been retired decades--yes, decades--before being allowed to continue in charge of a roomful of ten-year-olds.

Some of those women hated children, they never would have kept their jobs in a public school.

I don't know why they taught, maybe it's the only gig they could get.

....I was raised Catholic and the church I remember was pretty damned progressive in the late 60s and early 70s. I left, then gave it another try in the early 2000s, and I attended a Catholic church where one of the lecterns was a married lesbian woman, and the entire congregation celebrated the couple when they had a baby. There was a priest who was suspected of marrying gays in private ceremonies (and yeah, he was in a hell of a lot of trouble for that - he was run out of the parish).

That's wildly different than the gay-hating Catholics we see. They can't all be right. So which is it? Tolerance, as their jesus supposedly teaches them? Or condemning all who don't follow their strictest and made-up dogma?

They're cheap when it comes to paying us, but they're outspoken supporters of gay rights, women's rights, and stoop the wars. A very good feature of working for nuns instead of priests, monks, etc.

Cuz they're absolutely the same thing, or so I've heard from some believers here at DU.

I don't like bigots and they don't like me.

Were they missed that day?

And if not, why have them come back?