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theweaselkingMiss Manners explains a perfectly correct and workable definition of "family", among other things.
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19 Canadian Catholic priests have denounced the Vatican's opposition to gay marriage and allowing homosexuals into the priesthood.
The clerics signed an open letter that ran Sunday in Montreal's La Presse newspaper, criticizing the church's positions on the issues. The priests said the church was invoking "natural law" to make its case against homosexuality, arguing that slavery was also once considered "natural."
"What we are saying is that human nature is constantly evolving," Claude Lemieux, one of the signatories, told The Associated Press by phone Tuesday. "We believe this position is closer to that which is shared by our parishioners." The letter questions whether the church has "the last word on the mysteries of political, social, family and sexual life."
"In these matters," the letter says, "the official teaching of the church has shown itself more than once to be wrong."
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Jeff tells hospital stories that will make you cry.
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19 Canadian Catholic priests have denounced the Vatican's opposition to gay marriage and allowing homosexuals into the priesthood.
The clerics signed an open letter that ran Sunday in Montreal's La Presse newspaper, criticizing the church's positions on the issues. The priests said the church was invoking "natural law" to make its case against homosexuality, arguing that slavery was also once considered "natural."
"What we are saying is that human nature is constantly evolving," Claude Lemieux, one of the signatories, told The Associated Press by phone Tuesday. "We believe this position is closer to that which is shared by our parishioners." The letter questions whether the church has "the last word on the mysteries of political, social, family and sexual life."
"In these matters," the letter says, "the official teaching of the church has shown itself more than once to be wrong."
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COWABDUCTION.COM
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Jeff tells hospital stories that will make you cry.
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Date: 2006-03-03 04:19 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-03 04:27 pm (UTC)What they're saying is that they're Catholics, but the Church's official position is wrong on this issue.
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Date: 2006-03-03 05:10 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-03 05:15 pm (UTC)n.
1. A member of a Western Christian church whose faith and practice are founded on the principles of the Reformation, especially in the acceptance of the Bible as the sole source of revelation, in justification by faith alone, and in the universal priesthood of all the believers.
2. A member of a Western Christian church adhering to the theologies of Luther, Calvin, or Zwingli.
3. One of the German princes and cities that supported the doctrines of Luther and protested against the decision of the second Diet of Speyer (1529) to enforce the Edict of Worms (1521) and deny toleration to Lutherans.
4. protestant (also pr-tstnt) One who makes a declaration or avowal.
"One who protests" is the last of the four meanings. The first three, which are how we use "Protestant" when talking about Christians, do not apply to Catholics who believe that the church is wrong on a social issue.