Same-sex “Marriage” Has Ruined Doctor Who For Me

The second half of Season Seven of Doctor Who starts this Saturday evening on BBC America, and I’m not going to watch it.

I’m a huge fan of the show – well, at least I used to be – and when it returned to the airwaves back in 2005, after about fifteen years of exile, I was excited beyond words. I had watched every episode of the original series when the local PBS station ran it back in the late 80′s, recording them on VHS tapes (for those of you too young to know what VHS is, Google it). Good campy fun with terrible special effects, hammy acting and mostly decent scriptwriting.  I’ve seen every show from Jon Pertwee on (#3), and I’m now of buying DVD episodes of the first two Doctors, so yeah, I’m a fan.

When the hiatus ended, gone were the cheesy effects, adios to the hammy acting (mostly – David Tennant was bit borderline here and there) and welcome back, good scriptwriting.  Well, mostly good, anyway.

Even with all that, though, I’m not watching it anymore.

Same-sex “marriage” has ruined it for me.  Not the fact that it’s a controversial topic, or one that seems to be dominating the culture currently, but in the manner in which it’s used. 

Why Is No One Talking About Fr Pierson?

Ok, not exactly “no one” – Michael Voris did a Vortex about him ~

In a nutshell – Fr Bob Pierson is a Catholic priest in Minnesota who gave a short talk back in early June, (it’s on YouTube, and clips of it are featured in The Vortex episode above) on why it’s okay for Catholics to vote “no” this upcoming November, on the proposed amendment to the state constitution, that marriage is exclusively between one man and one woman. A priest – in good standing – encouraging Catholics to vote in favor of so-called same sex marriage. Sounds pretty scandalous to me.

And yet, with few exceptions (here, here, here, here and several other bloggers), there has been *zero* coverage. As Voris so succinctly states in his video – the Establishment Church, or Catholic Elites, have been silent. Nothing at EWTN. Nothing at National Organization of Marriage. Or at CatholicVote.org. Or at Ave Maria Radio. Or at The Catholic League. If you go to those sites, type ‘Pierson’ in the search bar, you get ‘No Results’. Nothing at Patheos, either, as far as I can tell – there are a lot of hits if you type in Pierson, and by narrowing the search down to ‘blogs’, you get nothing.

That’s not to say Fr Pierson isn’t, or hasn’t been, discussed at all. There are articles at Huffington Post, at DailyKos, at NewWays Ministries, at The Advocate, at Minnesotans United, at Sensus Fidelium (another pro-gay marriage MN site), at GLAAD, at Democratic Underground, and many many other Catholyc blogs and pro-gay sites.

Even at America Magazine, in an article written by Fr James Martin. While this article is mostly neutral, it nonetheless fails to condemn Fr Pierson’s point of view.

This is no small thing. This incident is not small potatoes. It is a priest, in clerics, telling other Catholics that is okay and good and right to vote in favor of so-called same-sex marriage.  The “gay marriage” issue stands at the forefront of the culture war.  Of course enemies of the Church are pleased about this video, and are eager to promote it and to lift up Fr Pierson as a brave man who has the courage to stick his thumb in the Vatican’s eye.

It’s too bad so few are equally courageous to stand up for Church teaching. I am trying to figure out why this hasn’t been discussed and condemned and challenged. This talk by Fr. Pierson is not just a salvo across the bow – it is a direct hit against the bishops, against the good men and women fighting to preserve traditional marriage, and against Christ and His Church.  The sites in favor of Fr. Pierson aren’t exactly fringe and unknown. I have to believe that those in Catholic media and professional bloggers follow such sites on a regular basis – after all, it’s their job to stay up on current events. I suppose it’s possible Fr Pierson has sailed under the radar…but of everybody?

I can’t speak to Voris’ reasons as to why this story has remained relatively untouched, as I don’t run in those circles, so I can’t say. There may be some validity to his reasons, I don’t know. I’m inclined to think that perhaps there’s a hope that if Fr Pierson is ignored, he will be forgotten.  If that’s what it is, I think it’s a rotten strategy, because it’s not just votes that are stake, but also the souls of many a Catholic.  So I’m left wondering if there’s more to it, as to why this story has gone mostly unreported and unchallenged amongst the Establishment Church. What do you think? And now that it’s been made the subject of a Vortex episode, do you think anyone amongst the Catholic Elites will touch it now?

What LGBT Catholycs Would Have Us Believe…

Wrong.  So very wrong.  Gay sex is deviant and disordered – no matter how “committed” or “in love” the people may be.

He is not okay with it.  They don’t get to hide behind Jesus.

But that’s exactly what they do, and it’s exactly how they try to convince others that what they do is not sinful.  Look, Jesus didn’t say that sex with goats or koala bears was wrong either.  Or masturbation.  Or sex with children, for that matter.  He didn’t say it was sinful for football coaches to sexually abuse teenage boys, and yet one was just found guilty of 45 counts of such vile acts, and he will spend the rest of his life and then some in prison.

So no – no one gets to hide behind Jesus for their particular vice.  None of us do.  I’m quite sure the Savior of the Universe is none too pleased to be used as a justification for evil.

(Inspired by Terry’s Abbey Roads post Gay Pride: They Glory In Their Shame…No, Seriously, They Do!)

Starbucks Values Insects More Than Kids

While sifting through my Google Reader this morning, I came across the following story out of the Daily Mail Online:

Starbucks Bows to Vegan Pressure and Stops Using Crushed Insect in Dye for Drinks

Starbucks is to stop using colouring made from crushed beetles as it bows to pressure from vegetarian customers.

The coffee giant has been using the colouring derived from cochineal insects in its strawberry frappuccinos and smoothies as deserts including the raspberry swirl cake.

However following an online campaign asking for the ingredient to be removed, it will be replaced with lycopene, a tomato extract.

More than 6,500 people signed a petition on Change.org, calling for the colouring to be removed, which campaigners claim is not vegan-friendly, safe for those following a kosher diet and undesirable for those ‘who don’t want crushed bugs in their designer drink’.

Wow – 6,500 people have forced a giant corporation to its knees.  Impressive.

And doubly scandalous, when you consider that nearly five times as many people have signed a petition vowing to Dump Starbucks because of the company’s stalwart defense of so-called “same sex marriage”.  Apparently, the economic impact of offending 6,500 signees, those who have voluntarily chosen to eschew meat in any shape, matter or form, is of greater importance to Starbucks than the more than 32,800 people who are standing up for traditional marriage and morality, and refuse to patronize their business.  You know, I may be a brand new business owner, but even in my newbieness, I can see that that isn’t all that smart of an economic decision.  It’s possible that the lycopene is significantly cheaper than the crushed bug parts, and their profit margins using those ingredients will increase, because you know they won’t lower the price of the drinks.  And even if the lycopene ends up adding costs, they’ll raise the prices to cover the added expense.  In either case, Starbucks wins, and the protestors end up with less money in their pocket, but a smug sense of superiority to us lowly meatavores.

The best option for consumers is to just not buy Starbucks, period, and keep their money in their pockets and buy better and less-expensive coffee.  Especially when you consider that Starbucks is a huge supporter of so-called same-sex marriage.  And there is a way in which you can make your voice heard.

Earlier this year, a protest petition was launched against Starbucks because their support of so-called same-sex marriage ‘is core to who we are and what we value as a company.’  Get that?  They support immoral behavior – it’s core to their business’ values.   But they’ve pledged to no longer use bugs in some of their drinks.   Saving bugs is of greater importance than promoting moral behavior.

What does this have to do about kids?  Well, as more states approve and legislate so-called same-sex marriage, the next step is adoption (yes, I know that some states permit same-sex couples – sans ‘marriage’ – to adopt kids).  And that’s harmful to kids, because kids thrive best when raised in a family with a dad and a mom.  That’s the way God designed it, and studies have shown that kids do best when in that normative environment.  Even in families where one of the spouses have died – they’re still better off than being given away to same-sex couples.   They’re done a great disservice when placed in a same-sex household – they’re placed into a disordered situation.  It isn’t right.

But hey – at least the cochineal insects are saved!

Sorry kids…

(If you haven’t done so, head over to the Dump Starbucks site and sign the petition.  If you’re a tweeter, express your support of the petition at  the hashtag #dumpstarbucks.   If you’re on Facebook, link to the petition.  Maybe if 100,000 or so more folks sign the petition, Starbucks might take notice.)

Not Even Dumb Christmas Carols Are Safe…

…from gay activists.

Gay Adaptation of “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”

Remember – the goal is not tolerance.  The goal is you.must.approve.

h/t The Blaze

Remember – Same-sex Marriage Won’t Affect You…

…just so long as you submit, comply and abandon your religious principles.

From NPR: Lesbian Couple: Vt. Resort Barred Reception

A Vermont inn violated state anti-discrimination rules by refusing to host the wedding reception for two New York City women, the couple said in a lawsuit Tuesday.

The “happy” couple (Source)

The lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union’s Vermont chapter on behalf of Kate Baker and Ming Linsley, said the Wildflower Inn in Lyndonville turned away the couple last fall and that at least two other same-sex couples were also refused because of the inn’s owner has a “no-gay-reception policy.”

“When the Wildflower Inn told us last fall that they don’t host gay receptions, we were obviously saddened and shocked,” said Baker. “It was frustrating to be treated like lesser than the rest of the society, and we were also surprised that it happened in Vermont.”

Vermont has been a pioneer in gay rights, creating the concept of civil unions for same-sex couple in 2000. In 2009, it legalized gay marriage. Many of its tourism businesses actively market to gay clientele.

The inn’s owners, Jim and Mary O’Reilly, issued a statement saying they are devout Catholics who believe in the sanctity of marriage between one man and one woman.

“We have never refused rooms or dining or employment to gays or lesbians,” they wrote. “Many of our guests have been same-sex couples. We welcome and treat all people with respect and dignity. We do not however, feel that we can offer our personal services wholeheartedly to celebrate the marriage between same-sex couples because it goes against everything that we as Catholics believe in.”

The innkeepers said they never spoke to Baker and Linsley, but that the inn’s wedding coordinator “did not handle the couple’s request in the manner that it should have been.”

Baker, 31, and Linsley, 34, who live in Brooklyn, said at a Statehouse news conference announcing the lawsuit Tuesday that they have since found another location for the reception but that they filed suit on principle.

That principle being…screw you, faithful Catholics. We will put you out of business.

Let me get this straight. The O’Reilly’s don’t have the right to run their business the way they want, nor to give the impression that they support same-sex marriage by hosting “wedding” receptions, but it’s okay for a restaurant to ban families with kids under the age of 6, because the owners have the right to run their business the way they want, and claim that too many patrons were complaining about the disturbances.

Gay marriage = good, kids from traditional marriages (more than likely) = bad. Unless the kids have two mommies or two daddies. Then it’ll be all good, I’m sure.

We live in an ever-increasingly messed up world. Nowadays, the right of one person to not be offended by someone else’s peaceful practice of their religion trumps the right of another to freely practice their religion. When was that added to the Constitution?

Discrimination is very very bad, unless you’re sticking it to Catholics and Christians who live their faith. In that case, it’s called ‘justice’. Same-sex marriage is nothing more than a money-making scam for the easily offended and their willing accomplices at the ACLU.

I see two solutions. One – Catholics who run similar businesses – inns, reception halls, photography services – need to solicit complaints from patrons about same-sex couples causing disturbances at their businesses, or something along those lines, and that said patrons have threatened to take their business elsewhere. That seems to be a legitimate defense.

The other – the O’Reilly’s should have said they were faithful Muslims. Bye-bye lawsuit.
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Same-Sex Marriage: A Boon For The Unattractive?

(AoftheAP) While debate rages over the recent Same-Sex Marriage bill signed into law in New York State, and the Civil Union passage in Rhode Island, one group of Americans have silently cheered the landmark changes.

The unattractive.

Wilbur Freckenbrenner, president of the group Unattractive Guys Love & Yearn Too, or UGLY² for short, is glad that seven states now recognize same-sex marriage to one degree or another. “Guys like me have no hope of ever marrying a girl,” he told AoftheA. “And who can blame them, right? But that doesn’t mean I should be discriminated against solely based upon my looks. It’s not like I’ve chosen to be ugly or anything. Married couples receive incredible benefits – and with same-sex marriage gaining approval, myself and other members of UGLY² have greater opportunities to receive those same benefits.”

Freckenbrenner was quick to point out that he’s not gay. “I am attracted to women. I’m 100% straight, as is every single member of UGLY². Problem is, women aren’t attracted to us.”

Bradley Sachet, a spokesman for the GLBT advocacy group Redefine Marriage Now!, isn’t pleased with groups like UGLY². He feels they’re merely attempting to co-opt the hard-won fights in New York and Rhode Island, and using the results to their advantage.

“Our fight goes way beyond just wanting the same rights as opposite-sex marriages,” Sachet said. “We’re fighting for tolerance and justice. We’re fighting to remove the stigma of a love between two men or two women. Groups like UGLY² are making a mockery of our struggle. And that’s intolerable.”

But Freckenbrenner disputes Sachet’s claims. “We’re not the ones making a mockery of marriage – we aren’t bullying opponents; we aren’t demonizing Christians; we aren’t holding Ugly Pride Parades; we aren’t demanding the right to adopt kids. We just want to “marry” our ugly roommates in order to cash in on the bennies. That’s it. And to be honest, I think that’s what the whole same-sex marriage push boils down to for groups like Redefine Marriage Now! You know – follow the money. The difference with us is that we’re not ashamed to admit it.”

Other groups have joined UGLY² in applauding New York’s and Rhode Island’s new laws, most notably FOUL (Females Overtly Un-Lovable) and MISANTHROPE (MInistry of Socially Awkward Nerds Totally Helpless in Realizing Ordinary Personal Expression).

The head of MISANTHROPE, Jerry Noob, spoke to AoftheA during a break of an on-line multi-player session of Halo 3. “As a Rhode Island resident, I can now go the city hall and get “married” to my gaming partner, Portal2Rulz4Ever, some dude up in Worcester. Yeah, we won’t be living together, but so what? It’s not like we have to love each other to get married now. But we’ll get all the benefits of being “married”, which is what the gays want. We just have to fill out some paperwork and show up at the courthouse. I just hope it doesn’t take too long, because my Call of Duty team meets on-line every night at 7:00.”

Just how many licenses have been issued to the ugly and unattractive? Specific numbers are difficult to ascertain, but information from the Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics have showed that since 2005, when same-sex marriage was legalized in that state, most of the licenses were granted to members of such groups.

A clerk from Boston’s City Hall- who asked to remain anonymous – estimates that 65-75% of the licenses she’s granted were to non-gays. “You can just tell,” she told AoftheA. “They weren’t all that attractive, and some looked as if they spend all their time in front of a television, playing video games or something – haggard, unshaven, pale-looking, a bit smelly too. Definitely not gay at all.”

Sachet disagrees with the percentages. “All that is conjecture and anecdotal. Our research shows that nationwide, gays easily outnumber the ugly in applying for marriage licenses. Sure, with some of the women, it can be hard to tell the difference, and that’s probably what is skewing the numbers. At the end of the day, though, same-sex marriage is primarily GLBT issue.”

Mildred Blemper, president of FOUL, begs to differ. “Same-sex marriage is most definitely a FOUL and UGLY² issue; possibly more so than a gay rights issue. We’re just not going to be obnoxious about it.”

The Government Is Lying To Gay Youth

One day after the Obama administration opened a 2-day LGBT Youth Summit – at which HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that the “federal government has finally come out of the closet” – the CDC released the following study:

Students who report being gay or bisexual are more likely than heterosexual students to engage in unhealthy risk behaviors such as tobacco use, alcohol and other drug use, sexual risk behaviors, suicidal behaviors, and violence, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The study reported: “the prevalence among gay or lesbian students was higher than the prevalence among heterosexual students for a median of 63.8% of all the risk behaviors measured, and the prevalence among bisexual students was higher than the prevalence among heterosexual students for a median of 76.0% of all the risk behaviors measured.”

Specifically, gay or lesbian students had higher rates for seven of the 10 health risk categories (behaviors that contribute to violence, behaviors related to attempted suicide, tobacco use, alcohol use, other drug use, sexual behaviors, and weight management).

The study also found that only 1.3% of students self-identified as gay or lesbian at the eight sites where they were asked their “sexual identity.” A median of 3.7% said they were bisexual.

Researchers analyzed data from Youth Risk Behavior Surveys conducted during 2001–2009 in seven states and six large urban school districts. These sites collected data on high school students’ sexual identity (heterosexual, gay or lesbian, bisexual, or unsure), sex of sexual contacts (sexual contact with the opposite sex only, with the same sex only, or with both sexes), or both.

The study, “Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health Risk Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9–12 in Selected Sites—Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance, United States, 2001–2009,” was published as a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Surveillance Summary. (Source)

Of course none of those behaviors are the fault of the kids, right? From the CNS article:

Sebelius also said LGBT youth are more likely to experience depression, thoughts of suicide, have other emotional problems or abuse drugs or alcohol.

“We know these behaviors are not the result of who these young people are,” Sebelius said. “They are the result of what’s happening to them.”

Sebelius went on to say a federal interagency taskforce is partnering the Departments of Health and Human Services, Education, Agriculture, Defense, Interior and Justice to come up with strategies and programs to fight bullying.

So watch out, Catholics. A huge swath of the federal government is mobilizing against us. Because everyone knows that traditional Catholic teaching – that homosexual acts are always sinful, and that same-sex attraction is disordered – harms these kids. It’s not the fact that gay sex is harmful. It’s not that some may resort to other harmful behaviors – drugs, alcohol, smoking – in order to dull the inherent guilt and shame.

Nope – Sebelius says she knows that those behaviors are solely the result of what’s happening to them – and yes, some do suffer incessant bullying and mocking. Which is wrong, and ought never be condoned.

But Church teaching is not to blame. Objective morality isn’t at fault.

And encouraging teenagers – who struggle with things at that age enough as it is – that their behaviors are the fault of others is the most harmful advice anyone could give.

When Do I Get My Month?

June is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month. It used to just be Gay and Lesbian Pride Month, initiated by former President Clinton in 2000, and then made more inclusive by President Obama in 2009. Of course, it’s not totally inclusive, because heterosexuals aren’t on the list. (So I won’t celebrate it until I’m forced to, which may happen sooner than later…)

In fact, if you read through the list of National Months, there’s no National Normal Heterosexuals Month anywhere. How come? Why the discrimination?

There’s no National Blogger Month, no Heaven-bound Catholic Pride Month, no Guys Who Love Girls and Girls Who Love Guys Month or anything like that. Where’s the justice?

There’s nothing close to a National Men’s Month, or Men’s History Month, either. I’d like to believe it’s because it’s impossible to celebrate all of the accomplishments that American men have ever made into the span of a mere thirty or thirty-one days…so I’d be cool with a Men’s History Summer, or maybe even a National Men’s Pride Year (during a leap year, of course, because we need the extra day). But I’m not naive – it’s a clear and deliberate sign that Straight Guy’s in this nation are at worst not appreciated, or at best, taken for granted.

March is Women’s History Month – as well as National Feminine Improvement Month. Two recognitions. Which seems silly to me – I mean, we’re supposed to be celebrating the History of Women, right? But then we’re also supposed to be recognizing that women need improvement? Is their history so poor that it needs to be improved, and if that’s the case, why do we celebrate something that’s kinda mediocre? On top of that, there’s Women of Achievement Month in September. Why the distinction? Are we supposed to remember the losers in March, and the successful women later in September? Maybe that’s why Feminine Improvement Month is in March – things take about six months to improve.

There are over 180 National Month celebrations – so if you don’t want to celebrate any particular one, you can choose another. Here are some options for June: National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month; Turkey Lover’s Month; National Dairy Month; National Iced Tea Month; National Papaya Month (or September); National Candy Month…gosh. All equally lame. Once the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs end, there’s nothing worth celebrating in June.

There’s a National Pizza Month and a National Pretzel Month (both in October), but no National Beer Month. That’s just wrong.

Hug A Texas Chef Month is in September – tough luck in you’re a chef in any of the other 49 states. No hugs for you. Ever.

May is National High Blood Pressure Month and National Hamburger Month – they sorta go together. Throw National Egg Month in there, too. And if they ever come up with National Arterial Sclerosis Awareness Month, it would fit right in.

January is Prune Breakfast Month – there’s a Prune lobby? I think I’ll pass on that one.

Here’s something interesting – Foot Health Month is in March and again in May. One for the right, and the other for the left, I suppose.

National AIDS Awareness Month occurs in October. I dunno – I’d move it to June, but that’s just me…………………………What?

And I bet you didn’t know October is also National Toilet-Tank Repair Month. Our nation commemorates the time-honored custom of repairing toilet tanks. Have things sunk that low? Don’t get me wrong – I think we’d all be in deep doo-doo if our toilet tanks weren’t repaired. I’m marking this on my calendar right now, and you should too.

Bottom line is this – National Months, for the most part, are inane. Some are politically motivated and others are PC-motivated. Some are the result of lobbying to one degree or another, but at the end of the day month, they don’t mean much to most Americans.

But I still want my own month. Half of the county is excluded here. Women, blacks, GLBT’s, Hispanics (Oct), Polish-Americans (Oct again), Thai Heritage (April), Latin American (Nov), Asian/Pacific Americans (May) – each with a month or two. So why not Straight Guy Drinking A Beer Pride Month? It’s time has come. Who’s with me?

Gay Math In England?

What the heck is “Gay Math”??

From The Telegraph:

Lesson plans have been drawn up for pupils as young as four, in a scheme funded with a £35,000 grant from an education quango, the Training and Development Agency for Schools.

The initiative will be officially launched next month at the start of “LGBT History Month” – an initiative to encourage teaching about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual issues.

The lesson plans, spread across the curriculum, will be offered to all schools, which can choose whether or not to make use of them.

But critics last night called the initiative a poor use of public money which could distract from the teaching of “core” subjects.

Among the suggestions are:

Maths – teaching statistics through census findings about the number of homosexuals in the population, and using gay characters in scenarios for maths problems;

Design and technology – encouraging pupils to make symbols linked to the gay rights movement;

Science – studying animal species where the male takes a leading role in raising young, such as emperor penguins and sea horses, and staging class discussions on different family structures, including same-sex parents;

Geography – examining the transformation of San Francisco’s Castro district in the 1960s from a working-class Irish area to the world’s first “gay neighbourhood”, and considering why homosexuals move from the countryside to cities;

Languages – using gay characters in role play scenarios, and teaching “LGBT vocabulary”.

The lesson plans, written by teachers and backed by the Department for Education, will be available for schools to download from the Schools Out website.

For younger children, the plans will suggest using images of same sex couples and also promoting books such as “And Tango Makes Three”, which is about two male penguins raising a young chick, inspired by actual events at New York’s Central Park Zoo.

Well, you know what they say about gays and math – they can add, subtract and divide well enough. They just can’t multiply.

And I can only imagine the types of gay math word problems the students will have to solve…

“Joey Sparkles is shopping for leather bondage kits for his upcoming date. The red ones cost $25.99 each, the black ones cost $27.99 each, and the studded version costs $31.99. How much money will be spend if he buys two red, three black and one studded (include 6% sales tax)?”

“Elton John and his “husband” have $1,000,000 dollars. If surrogacy costs $50,000 per pregnancy, how many children can they pay for?”

Something tells me the kids will be learning much more than just mathematics – which is the intent, of course. Just out of curiosity, how are English kids scoring in math compared to other nations? I bet their scores trend downwards next month. Just a hunch.

I wonder if they’ll use statistics from the NIH (or even the US’s CDC) on how gays are more likely to contract AIDS and other STD’s than the rest of the population. Somehow, I kinda doubt it.

And Gay Geography? Well, at least the kids will learn what areas to avoid, if you know what I mean.

“Merry” Old England indeed.

s/s That The Bones You Have Crushed May Thrill

The Pro-Victimized Anti-Straight Generation….

…has submitted their latest screed, entitled “The Pro-Love Anti-Prejudice Generation”, against the bishops and the Church in the National Catholic Distorter.

Here’s the opening paragraph (emphasis mine):

The most valuable demographic to the marketing mavens of Madison Avenue is the 18-35 group of Gen. X-ers and Millennials. Now, the leadership of the church is targeting these generations with a marketing blitz to win them to the cause of discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.

Now there’s an opening to lay the foundation for common ground and conversation.

Except such folks don’t want conversation. They want to treat folks who disagree with them in the exact same fashion they have been treated – with shame, scorn and bigotry. Not so “pro-love”.

They seek to trade sin for sin – because let’s face it, there have been Catholics and Christians who have been and are prejudiced and bigoted against homosexuals. Since, like, as long as there have been Catholics (and plenty of non-Catholics have been and continue to be discriminatory against homosexuals, too). I’m not making any excuses for anyone’s sins against their fellow man, gay or straight. Since we belong to the mystical body of Christ, since we are all members of one Body, one person’s sin afflicts the entire body. That’s a metaphysical theological truth. And another truth, one that has been taught since the beginning, is that homosexual acts are immoral, and depending on the individual’s disposition, they are mortal sins. The Church, in upholding that teaching, is not being discriminatory or prejudiced. It is an act of love to teach the truth – not an act of bigotry. The Church is acting like a loving parent, maintaining safe boundaries for all Her wayward children.

And, of course, not everyone sees it that way. There are plenty who see the boundaries as unfair and unjust.

The pro-gay crowd believes they are seeking justice, but given the rhetoric on display from coast to coast, and in articles such as this, what they really seek is reparation. It would not surprise me if some privately agree with the SLPC’s recent list of anti-gay groups, and want to have them identified as ‘hate groups’. It would not surprise me if the more militant members among them desire an eye for an eye – maybe even two eyes, an ear and a few fingers for an eye. Again – not so “pro-love”.

So they enlist focus groups and polls in order to make their case, and they use the data to (hopefully) wear down the bishops and win support for their cause. They might win support, but as for the Church changing Her teaching? Not gonna happen. Marriage will be taught as one man + one woman, and homosexual acts will still be intrinsically evil. That’s just the way it will be.

When faith is reduced to politics and marketing, you end up with ideology and preferences. You end up with consensus. But you rarely, if ever, end up with Truth. And you ultimately end up with zero faith.

Such folks are unwilling to rise out of the muck and mire of sin – rather, they want everyone else down there with them. But Christ came to save us from our sin, not tell us it was okay to wallow there in misery. And that’s the ironic thing – even if they get their way on the issue of so-called gay marriage, they’ll still be in misery.

And so will everyone else.

"Dancing With The Stars" Considers Same-Sex Dance Couple

Remember the good ol’ days when television was about entertainment? Hasn’t been that way for awhile now – it’s all about pushing agendas. It’s now “entergayment”.

From Fox News

Portia DeGeneres could be the first celebrity to dance with a same-sex partner on “Dancing with the Stars”.

The hit competition series is “planning to feature a same-sex couple. You’re at the top of the list,” Ryan Seacrest told Portia (who changed her last name from de Rossi to DeGeneres) on his radio show yesterday.

The proclamation seemed to surprise DeGeneres, who is married to talk show host Ellen DeGeneres. “Goodness, you really do break news,” she said.

Rather than flat out pooh-pooh the notion, DeGeneres said, “I’m not gonna pass, let me think about it. I used to be a ballet dancer. It’s not completely a pass. You never know.”

While ABC does not comment on casting rumors, the network is said to be keeping an eye on how the same-sex couple fares on Israel’s “Dancing With the Stars,” before deciding whether to go ahead with its own same-sex pairing here in the US.

Um, Fox News? Portia and Ellen are not “married” – they’re play-acting. They’re living a reality-based show without cameras, sponsors or salaries. Just wanted to make that point clear.

This is why I don’t watch network prime-time TV or cable channels anymore – with me, it’s either sports, EWTN or the Weather Channel. I’m tired of the agenda pushing. No one can convince me that having a same-sex couple on DWTS is about reaching out to the gay community, when they are around 5% of the population. This totally has to do with indoctrination and so-called “tolerance”.

If GayBC does this, I hope the show tanks. This isn’t a rant directed to people who struggle with SSA, but I’ve had it with the “You must approve of us and our lifestyle” messages constantly being pushed.