Singing for peace, unity and respect causes firestorm of hate

http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050616/1041961.asp

Yippee! And now the Catholics are throwing stones again. Funny, being a former Catholic, I sorta was raised in Catholic Schools to think that any non-Catholic Christian denomination is essentially a cult. You know, the Papal lineage goes back to St. Peter, and anyone who disagreed with all the gold and fabulous costumes, cathedrals and pageantry was just a cheap, whiny bitch. Take your ball and start your own branch, said the pedophiles. We have all the Michelangelo anyway... So, I guess it's good for my blood pressure when I admit ignorance and don't really get upset when the Southern Baptists (the nation's largest Protestant denomination), for instance, spew acid about faggotry, etc.

And yet, as if the Inquisition jokes weren't enough (thanks to Mel Brooks), as if we really understood that Ferdinand and Isabella did a lot more harm than just finance Columbus, as if we really understood that Columbus did more than just discover the New World, we Catholics, former, current, practicing and non- are proving to be just like all the other fundy-christofascists that have been so vocal lately. Granted, the Catholic Church is a little right of Mussolini on most issues, and there are plenty of other Christian denominations that lean left-of-center, but I'm of the belief that a large, silent majority of Catholics exist who aren't so opposed to the homosexuality issue - as long as those active homosexuals are polite. You know - the same voting, Catholic Americans who tend to ignore or disagree with Rome regarding divorce, birth control, abortion, etc.

And I repeatedly call on my friends who are practicing Catholics to stand up in their church and disagree.

And invite the Gay Men's Chorus in your town to sing.

I have personally seen courageous acts from loved ones when it comes to a disagreement between their church and a gay chorus concert.

And, as a result, those who had problems with fags singing in their churches were generally laughed out of committee. Cuz Christ wouldn't act like that.

So, we need to vocally oppose the Catholic hate mongers in Buffalo. Because Catholics should know better than to let the pedophiles preach hate. But also, the Catholics shouldn't start throwing the stones within their glass houses of homosexuality.