Can We Talk About Religion, Please? - The Moral of the Story Blog - NYTimes.com
Rough. I was raised as a Catholic, so my obvious built-in response is that the Holy See can do no wrong.
Here is another way of looking at it though: The Catholic church is allowing you to join its ranks and all you have to do is renounce the institution of faith you currently side with, i.e., be a traitor. Do we really want people of such wavering allegiance in the Catholic church?
I kid! I’m not even a member anymore.
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Last week the Vatican invited Anglicans who are “uncomfortable with female priests and openly gay bishops” to reunite with the Roman Catholic Church. If a secular institution, Wal-Mart or Microsoft, for example, made a similar offer — Tired of leadership positions being open to women and gay employees? Join us! — it would be slammed for appealing to bigotry.
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