Why Is Homosexuality the "whipping Boy"

This is lies.... or your bishop and priest in your area is a very very wicked men.

Please refrain from calling me a liar. It does not reflect well on you. Furthermore, I am sorry that the truth is difficult for you to take. It is rather inconvenient, isn't it?

"She was excommunicated for having the audacity to divorce her abusive alcoholic husband."

but you dont get excommunicated for being divorced.

"They finally agreed but only if she was able to convert her husband"

that dosnt even make sense, why would the conversion of another person effect the faith of someone else?

"THus she had a catholic wedding and was allowed back into the church."

"The stipulation was that she had to denounce my husband's existance-her own son. "

This stuff is not Catholic, You should report this priest to the bishop, if its the bishop report him to the Cardinal, if you get no satisfaction report it to the holy see in rome, if it is true, then who is responsible should be put into cloister. its not inconvient for me, because this is not what the church teaches, its obviously exploitation of posstion, people are people and will expolite their possiton, thats life..... if your mothers first marriage was a Catholic Marriage and valid she should not have been allow to remarry.

Just a question but, would the man in this relationship be allowed to remarry?

Whether he was allowed or not, he did remarrry, but I think it was a courtroom wedding. This has caused my husband a lot of greif over time. It happened when he was 4, so that would have been 33 years ago. Not really something he would bring up to the church at this point. He's lutheran anyway, and his dad did a wonderful job raising him, so it doesn't really matter anymore. Except that he doesn't exist. He is a little bummed about that.

So anyway, Guest, whether you like it or not the Catholic Church has proved time and time again not to be able to live up to even it's own high ideals. Why would I choose to follow such a corrrupt institution? I like it better where I am- in a land where people are all treated equally, and loved, and people try to understand where you are coming from, even if they don't like what you are saying. And nobody has to believe the same way you do. And nobody gets angry at me because i am a bisexual. And children are not shamed or frightened into behaving well. And I don't care to join you in your version of Heaven, because if the other people there are like you, I would not wish to be with them for all eternity. So if I am not lucky enough to be dissolved into Ahimsa before next time. I will see you areund as an ant or cockroach or something. Because you have a very long way to go my friend to reach enlightenment. I fear your Karma, but know that it is coming.

(That's the best impression of a judgemental buddhist I can make)

Haha XD Yeah, buddhism doesn't lend itself to judgementalism very well. Aside from "do not associate with those not as smart as you". Like I said, I don't agree with everything Buddha said.

Some Catholic churches are more liberal than others. Some even allow interfaith marriages (without the stipulation that the spouse converts) I know certain catholics won't like to hear that, but Catholicism really is dividing into more liberal (with the times) churches and more traditional (like back to Vatican I!! Yikes) churches.

I like the liberal ones, because they like me!

The Catholic church was instituted by, um... (scrounging through memory) Constantine? Long after Jesus was dead. Like hundred of years after Jesus was dead.

The main reason is that unlike other sinful lifestyles homosexuality is being pounded (no pun intended) into our society as being ok and an acceptable lifestyle and branded as "okay" and then if one disagrees they get branded as an advocate of hate.
Yes being an alcoholic and druggie is wrong and society treats it as such.
A premiscuous lifestyle isnt good and for the most part society does frown on it.
etc. etc.
If someone want to engage in a gay lifestyle; fine. Just dont be telling me that I have to say its okay.
Ohhh. Didnt see the post above!
I am not hateful to gays I know. I treat them the same as anyone. Even though I believe their choice is wrong.

I think all would agree that Constantine was emperor from 274 - 337AD

Correct?

That the New Testiment was wrote between A.D. 48 - 90AD

Correct?

We would all agree that St John wrote a number of Epistals, Revelation and one of the Gospels, he was one of the 12 Apostles who followed Jesus and was the only one not mayterd and he lived until old age.

correct?

I think all would agree that Saint Ignatius of Antioch was the third Bishop or Patriarch of Antioch between (ca. 35-117) and a student of the Apostle John.

We would all agree that Antioch is also the place where the term "Christian" originated.

St Ignatius the Bishop of Antioch, student of the Apostle John (who wrote many books in the bible) who was bishop around the time the New Testiment was wrote, Sent a letter to the Smyraeans in this document dated between 107 -110AD shortly before St Ignatious Death in Rome and just after the Death of his teacher St John (97AD) he wrote the following:

"Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude [of the people] also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the CATHOLIC Church."


The Emperor Constantine was emperor between 274 - 337AD. saying constantine started the catholic church is not only wrong, it is imposible, St Ignatious Calls the Church "The Catholic Church" two hunderd and twenty seven years before the emperor constantine.

We also have the historical verfied liniage of the papacy from the First Pope ST Peter to the Second St Linus right upto blessed John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI

The Catholic Church is the Church built by Jesus Christ on the Foundation of St Peter.... History confirms this!

and for those who have faith in Jesus christ, we have his utmost assurance, regarding this church that:

"the Gates of hell shall not prevail against it"