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66. Is there any other organization you would remain in...

Reply to PennsylvaniaMatt (Original post)

Mon Aug 19, 2013, 12:08 AM

Aug 2013

That had the same views on women and homosexuals as the official Church doctrine states? Personally, I don't think there is ever a good enough reason to give any such organization the time of day, much less be a member of it. There are so many alternatives as well.

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I Just Got Back From Catholic Mass...And It Felt Like A Republican Fundraiser. [View all] PennsylvaniaMatt Aug 2013 OP

Discuss the church's tax-exempt status with him burnodo Aug 2013 #1

Call the bishop. Ilsa Aug 2013 #2

If the archbishop in the OP's area is like the one we have in St. Paul it won't do any good. dflprincess Aug 2013 #15

Sounds like maybe he missed his calling as a journalist; suggest this to him. nt populistdriven Aug 2013 #3

Wow Just Saying Aug 2013 #4

No offense taken at all! PennsylvaniaMatt Aug 2013 #5

I find this behavior outrageous. People go IMO to be spiritually uplifted, not RKP5637 Aug 2013 #6

R#2 & K for, excellently put. UTUSN Aug 2013 #7

You know far better than I do, but you might feel more at home, nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #8

We've experienced this OmahaBlueDog Aug 2013 #9

God bless you! Iliyah Aug 2013 #10

I stopped going in 2004...priest telling us to vote for anti-homosexual amendment. joanbarnes Aug 2013 #11

Go back w/o grandma and do an old-fashioned walk out. Coyotl Aug 2013 #12

Something! To let the priest know he's not doing his job. n/m Cha Aug 2013 #25

Yeah. He should have stuck with the simple gay bashing and then that would have Luminous Animal Aug 2013 #29

Not true blueamy66 Aug 2013 #49

Those are the official positions of the Church. Arugula Latte Aug 2013 #59

But the "Church" IS the people. blueamy66 Aug 2013 #63

"The people" are still enabling the creepy anti-women crooks at the top. Arugula Latte Aug 2013 #67

Not all of us are. blueamy66 Aug 2013 #68

You are right...Not all of us are supportive of anti-women and anti-gay positions held by the church PennsylvaniaMatt Aug 2013 #71

Should have asked the priest how many of his brethern ... zbdent Aug 2013 #13

Do you think Jesus would have sat there and tried to challenge this cretin with a few eye-rolls? VPStoltz Aug 2013 #14

Find another church. Dawson Leery Aug 2013 #16

Are you sure your Grandma wouldn't have supported you in your walk out? dflprincess Aug 2013 #17

If churches want to preach politics and endorse candidates, they pay. Period. Initech Aug 2013 #18

Probably were mstinamotorcity2 Aug 2013 #19

I'm sorry but I cannot understand why anyone would support this church MichiganVote Aug 2013 #20

A lot of it is cultural Patiod Aug 2013 #52

I grew up in the church and I mean I REALLY grew up in the church. MichiganVote Aug 2013 #58

The homily is supposed to have something to do with the day's readings. rug Aug 2013 #21

Yes, you are right! He turned it political and took in the complete wrong direction. PennsylvaniaMatt Aug 2013 #22

It's interesting how priests, even within the same diocese, emphasize what they choose to. rug Aug 2013 #23

Leave. cprise Aug 2013 #24

So you regularly attend a meeting led by a homophobic misogynist and you are surprised Luminous Animal Aug 2013 #26

Send him a letter disapproving of his behavior, make sure you mention that MADem Aug 2013 #27

"In nicer language of course".. Cha Aug 2013 #34

There are other options, you know. Deep13 Aug 2013 #28

Yeah, that's not true. ForgoTheConsequence Aug 2013 #30

I believe the "yes" side of the debate. Deep13 Aug 2013 #32

In the Christian world. ForgoTheConsequence Aug 2013 #35

The Maronite Church welcomes you! nt Deep13 Aug 2013 #64

Would you mind posting Summer Hathaway Aug 2013 #31

Yeah, that will change his mind. Not. blueamy66 Aug 2013 #69

He sounds like a lot of DUers. pnwmom Aug 2013 #33

Priest sounds like a whinebot who's heard too many Cha Aug 2013 #36

I would have a talk with grandmother and see how she feels about this pastor. B Calm Aug 2013 #37

He shouldn't have strayed. We have a society... an entire *culture* based on *theft*. Smarmie Doofus Aug 2013 #38

Last time i went to church i got up and left 10 mins into the mass. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #39

I'm trying to figure out what they could have done that was that offensive 10 minutes into a mass OmahaBlueDog Aug 2013 #42

Mightve been longer, i dont remember darkangel218 Aug 2013 #43

OK - this sounds like it was a non-Catholic service OmahaBlueDog Aug 2013 #45

It was a nondenominational Christian church in Miami Beacb. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #46

Sounds similar to a Southern Baptist sermon. LuvNewcastle Aug 2013 #40

What's his DU username? geek tragedy Aug 2013 #41

Admit it you sat there and said or did nothing, eye rolls don't count. It only takes one CK_John Aug 2013 #44

And they then wonder why numbers are in freefall NickB79 Aug 2013 #47

Funny thing. I also went to a Catholic mass yesterday. Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2013 #48

I've seen that in action Patiod Aug 2013 #55

this is why people leave organized religion olddots Aug 2013 #50

write the white collared miscreant. ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2013 #51

more guts than i got --i would have walked muttering a little too loudly about how the priest was an dembotoz Aug 2013 #53

The tax exempt status these Charlatans hide behind should have been revoked years ago. sarcasmo Aug 2013 #54

The far right morons are pushing the "IRS" conspiracies. Dash87 Aug 2013 #56

If you've never read "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood, I highly recommend it Zorra Aug 2013 #57

I've gone to a couple of Catholic weddings that were absolutely disgusting. Arugula Latte Aug 2013 #60

If you sit in an outhouse then expect to smell shit. RagAss Aug 2013 #61

I feel your pain. I had a similar experience in a Sunday school class at a Methodist church. raccoon Aug 2013 #62

Fuck the Church Go Vols Aug 2013 #65

Is there any other organization you would remain in... MellowDem Aug 2013 #66

When people rant against 'political correctness', it usually means they're upset because they Aristus Aug 2013 #70