Take legal action against the Vatican and let's "out" some Cardinals while we're at it... [UPDATE]
yeah... y-e-A-A-AH... steve clemons, obviously fed up with vatican b.s., particularly the latest about barring gay priests, makes some modest proposals...
now, wouldn't THAT be interesting... particularly if, as steve suggests, there may be quite a few surprises in store...
[UPDATE]
how could the church turn its back on them...? easy... just ask RAT-zinger... Submit To Propeller
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TWN has just consulted with some legal authorities on how to actually bring pressure on to the Vatican for failing to abide by the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights.
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Because of the Vatican's failure to support this code of rights, a real LEGAL case could be made for ending national government subsidies (by Italy and other countries) to the church paid by the member state government if the right EU court found that the Vatican was in violation of the minority protections of the Charter.
According to my source, "This also goes to harassment in the work place, and presumably Catholic priests in Europe are also citizens of Europe and their work place conditions should be covered."
It's time for some lawyers to consider these possibilities. Some have notified TWN that they may encourage the EU to consider these actions the Vatican is taking more seriously than has been the case in the past.
But while we are waiting, some of the cardinals and "senior" echelon of the Catholic Church need to be outed.
now, wouldn't THAT be interesting... particularly if, as steve suggests, there may be quite a few surprises in store...
[A] "conservative estimate" of those cardinals and senior church officials who are gay is about 50%. Practicing, as opposed to just flirtatious, homosexuals at the highest levels of the church are probably about 30%.
[UPDATE]
"I've heard straight priests say... they're embarrassed by it," one anonymous gay US priest told the Associated Press.
"I've heard priests both gay and straight seriously consider leaving.
"They couldn't believe that after centuries of either explicit or implicit welcoming of celibate gay clergy that church would turn its back on them."
how could the church turn its back on them...? easy... just ask RAT-zinger... Submit To Propeller
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posted by profmarcus at
9/23/2005
