Catholics In Boston Will Not Have Adoption Services
I came across a blog with an article that made me so mad I wrote the longest comment I think I ever had in response to some jerk check it out:Chris said...
You write about the adoption matter as though it is a social service, rather than a family affair. What of the child who may prefer to have one parent of each sex? Try assuming that the church may have thought the matter through, having many years experience. Then see how it comes out.
Belinda said...
Chris how could you say that? I mean really the church is prehistoric and its believe and its belief systems are so old that there are very few people who can live by the way of the church and not be classified as 'sinners'. I for one believe that if person(s) whom can love and provide for a child and raise that child in a matter where they go on to lead a healthy life then who is to say that people who can physically produce their own child should not have a child that was not wanted in the first place? How many children in the world are abandoned by heterosexual couples and how many more are raised in a manner where that child turns out to have a poor life? Think about it if same sex couples or single people wish to adopt a child and raise it in a way that every child deserves to brought up in (healthy and happy) then why the hell not? bugger the church, would they rather see thousands of children suffer and die then have two loving people take care of it realistically? How can saving a child from years of heart ache from not having loving parents possibly be bad or a sin?By the way you have an excellent blog here keep up the good work. Feel free to come and visit my blog also
he makes an interesting point I have to admit but still grrr....For the full article check out the blog its self at:
http://northwoodsguys.blogspot.com/
posted by spicey pineapple @ 10:12 pm
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halo im getting married
YaHHHHH
You're definitely on the right track with your perspective on the Church. The fact of the matter is, the Catholic Church has been more about power and the control of its "flock" than its true purpose: bringing people closer to God.
One need only take a look at its history to see that, at the height of its power and influence, atrocities were committed and people persecuted on a scale unmatched in human history. Have they cleaned up their actin the modern era? That's for history to decide.
People who can love and support a child should be given the opportunity to do so. Sexual orientation shouldn't play a role.
you and i al b sure are on the same page....there was nevere anything in the bible about two people of the same sex being together as a sin anyway! and like i said if you can care for a child the right way what does it matter?
Belinda,
Cyber-high-five for being as cool as you are. Keep writing. You're good (and not just because you agreed with me). :-)
i have nothing against the church itself and i think that it does do some good work, but i am also a realist and i was talking about that one issue and realistically the church SHOULD be helping good people who want a family have a family and not have a homosexual prejuidce its just not right. gods ideals are bring man kind together and show love toward one another is it not? then why is the church ruining and going against his wishes and not allowing homosexual couples to have acess to adoption?
As for chris' point on "what of the child who may prefer to have one parent of each sex?"
That's an interesting point. But honestly, none of us ever got to really choose who our parents are.
We're lucky just to have decent parents who don't leave us or beat us up. The main role parents play is to nurture and prepare us for teh world. i can't agree that homosexuality will make a couple any more deficient in that role.
I have a friend who was training to be a priest in the Catholic church. What he didn't like was that questioning and disagreement with the Church was discouraged. I understand the need for unity, but this was during the peak of allegations of child molestation, and my friend could not stand for the cover-ups and Church apologetics.
He still is a staunch Catholic, sharing and explaining the Catholic views (it is the oldest church and its theology is based on studying all the historical factors that are relevant with Scripture). But it is an example of when a religious organization impeded justice for its own sake.
When organizations are wrong, they deserve to be told so.
i totally agreee, i mean the catholic church is ancient organisation and deserves a great ammount of respect but when it comes down to it the church is so ancient and not flexible....times have changed and they will ocntinue to change also. it makes me furious when i hear about scandles of molestation in the church and the fact the priest defend one another....had it have been anyone else the priest would have called them a dirty pig. all priest who have commited such acts should be prosecuted and stop having the defence of the church!
This issue breaks my heart. I grew up having two Grandmas...Gramma Margie lived with Gramma Peggy for 45 years...until death, sadly, parted them. As a child, I never thought about it. It never occurred to me that anything was even different, let alone wrong. Now that they're gone - my heart aches for them both - they lived in such a harsh time! They had to hide their whole lives! But not from me - they set a better example of marriage than I did!
Sign me (sarcastically)
Twice Divorced but at least I'm straight!
Sad, sad times...
theo c once again i agree in part but i just do not understand it, if god could forsee what would happen in the future and there were such profits then why would he condem those whom only have love yet are homosexuals? one of my dearest freidns is deeply relgious yet he is a homosexual should he be condemed for his so called 'sin'?
good discussing this with you by the way :)
People can be really stupid, that's all that this highlights. It does not matter how they formulate or organise their views and/or arguements. I did not realise that the social norms that groups like the Church promote, did us so well. Maybe theoretically they might, but once you put the human element in there to screw things up, then that theory disintegrates quicker then the loins of a man being attacked by a lion. Instead of being so steadfast to follow a set belief system, why not have a humanist approach to life...and be somewhat flexible? Why not? Because we are indeed stupid, myself included of course.
Honestly the catholic churh is bullshit, they are all about money and power. Frankly the Bible as far as i care carries about as much truth as a copy of J.R.R.Toliens 'The Hobbit', only the latter was a better read. I have no problems with gay marriages, however i do not believe they should be aloud to adopt children. I was brought up in a decent family with a mother and a father, and honestly doubt i would be as decent a person i am now without both. This is not attack on homosexuality, i have no problem with that... Hell i was running through the middle of Sydney Mardi Gras without a shirt this year, i just don't think it is good for a child to be in such a relationship. That doesn't mean that all hetro's should have children either alot of people are too unstable to have children yet they do it anyway, and manage to, more often than not, fuck up their kids.
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