This should hit a few nerves... I am Catholic. I am not a very good or devout Catholic but I attend mass and believe in God and Jesus Christ as my savior. Having said that, I also believe the Catholic church is becoming a sad joke and are about as hypocritical as any Liberal when it comes to "upholding" standards, traditions, and values of the church.
Any church or affiliated school of the church that is willing to offer Obama an honorary degree despite the fact he conflicts with the church on many issues and an especially big one being abortion is in fact hypocritical. Any church that stands by and watches racial, prejudice, and hate speech from one of the priests like Father Flagler of Chicago is in fact hypocritical. I could go on and on but I'm sure you get my point.
I know lots and lots of good Catholics, devout Catholics, that would be offended by this. Hell, I send my daughter to a private Catholic school mainly for the much higher standard of education but for faith and spirit based learning as well. So you see as a Catholic I am hypocritical as well...
I will defend the church when they make the decision to discriminate and not allow a child from lesbian parents go to Catholic school like they did in Boulder Colorado. Not because I don't support gay marriage, because I don't, but because there should be places in our society that allow specific people only for whatever reasons and the ones that aren't included should just deal with it.
All you have to do is tell a Liberal they can't do something and you will have hell to pay. Why is it that some people think they have to prove a point by forcing their way into something not meant for them simply because it's not meant for them? Do they have anything productive to society to add or do they just go thru life questioning and disobeying every rule because some cooky organization wants them to?
I am a white male, I can't get into an all black college. Are there any all white colleges? I can't get into the girl scouts, I can't join a sorority, I can't host The View, I can't be a feminist, a Black Panther, golf at Augusta, or carry a gun on a plane. My point here is we are a society governed by laws, traditions, and morality. We must adhere to following the rules and holding ourselves as well as our peers accountable when they are not being a productive or functioning member of society.
Why would a couple of lesbians want to put their child into Catholic school? I don't know. Is all of this scrutiny and media attention worth the toll it has to be taking on the child? I seriously doubt it. Do they want the highest quality education for their child, or are they trying to prove a point?
I can't join the girl scouts, the NAACP doesn't represent me, neither does the KKK, I don't qualify for the United Negro College Fund, I can live on an Indian Reservation but choose not to, I can't receive a degree from Moorehouse or Spellman colleges, I don't get any affirmative action credit for being me. I am who I am, take the good with the bad, but I certainly don't want to force myself into a group that doesn't want me or where I obviously don't belong.
It is OK and in fact normal to want to gravitate towards people we have commonality with. Gender, race, faith, whatever the commonality is should simply be irrelevant. Who cares? Why does anyone care? Are they bitter because they don't belong or are they just trying to prove a point? Live and let live, to each his or her own, sound familiar?
I don't see the logic in trying to force myself somewhere I'm not wanted for whatever reason but I guess that's because I'm not some cooky, lesbian, Liberal wackjob. It obviously is a Liberal thing and they are right, I certainly wouldn't begin to understand...
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Good ramblings Chick! I enjoy them. I agree with you on this point. My son, Gus, goes to a private Catholic kindergarten, and one of his friends up until about 2 months ago, had two moms. I never could understand why they would place their child in a school that doesn't accept them. They pulled him out awhile ago, but that's because they didn't like his teacher's talking to them about how he was always tired and falling asleep in class. (they told my wife that their 5 year old son is put to bed around midnight every night....and it's the school that is unreasonable about wanting their child to be properly rested? - Ridiculous) Anyway....I don't have a problem with the school turning away people that openly don't abide by the faith...that's their choice and that's fine. But....then shouldn't they turn away every kid whose mother is taking birth control? They wouldn't have any kids left. I just don't like the "pick and choose" which rules are important. The people who attend the church are just as big of hypocrites if you ask me. Although some do indeed attempt to follow ALL the rules....most don't. (birth control, pre-marital sex, infidelity, etc) You can't pick and choose or the school and the church-goer are both hypocritical!
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