Massachusetts Church STILL Wants to Abuse Kids
February 23, 2006: Last week, the Roman Catholic leaders of Massachusetts moved to further abuse children (they just love screwing over the kids, don’t they?) by denying them loving homes with parents of the same sex. This is from the Boston Globe:
The four Roman Catholic bishops of Massachusetts plan to seek permission from the state to exclude gay couples as adoptive parents, according to two board members of the church’s largest social service agency who were briefed on the plan.
The decision follows a three-month study of the theological and practical impact of having Catholic Charities of Boston, the Boston Archdiocese’s social service arm, place children with gay couples, given the Vatican’s teaching that describes such adoptions are ‘’gravely immoral.”
The Roman Catholic Church calling LGBT people “gravely immoral.” May I just say HA HA HA HA HA!
Even some of the their own recognize just how hostile this policy change would be to children in need.
The outgoing chairman of the board, whose term expired earlier this month, expressed strong opposition to the bishops’ plan, saying it would undercut the agency’s longstanding mission to provide stable homes for as many needy children as possible.
‘’This is an unnecessary, unmitigated disaster for children, Catholic Charities, and the Archdiocese of Boston,” said Peter Meade, who remains a board member.
The Advocate reports that the Bishop’s move to discriminate will likely result in failure.
Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and a top legislative leader in Boston say a request by Massachusetts’s four Roman Catholic bishops to exempt Catholic social service agencies from having to place adoptive children with gay parents is unlikely to be granted. Romney told The Boston Globe he was not authorized to give such an exemption, while state representative Eugene O’Flaherty, house chairman of the joint committee on the judiciary, said there would be little support among lawmakers to offer an exemption from the state’s antidiscrimination laws.
When a homophobe like Romney thinks you’ve gone too far, you know you’re in trouble, Bishops. Maybe you better ask yourselves: What would Jesus do? My guess is he wouldn’t be trying to deny homes to children who need them. But that’s just me.