Pope Benedict: Taking a Goose-Step Backward

[Col Quisp]

Within the next few weeks, the Pope is expected to issue an edict banning homosexuals from seminaries. (Interestingly, there are estimates that between 25-50% of US priests are homosexual.) <br><br>Is this supposed to be his solution to rooting out pedophilia? <br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><br>Statistically, most sexual predators and child molesters are, in fact, straight men. It seems evident that the real solution to the incidences of sexual abuse is to ban straight men from entering seminaries, alongside the gay men and women already excluded.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://wildcat.arizona.edu/papers/98/189/03_1.html">wildcat.arizona.edu/paper.../03_1.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>- A witch hunt among men of the cloth<br><br>By Ella Peterson<br>Arizona Daily Wildcat<br>Friday, September 30, 2005 <br><br>More:<br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><br>Essentially, the Vatican is stating, in no ambiguous terms, that a man's ability to uphold a vow of celibacy is directly associated with his sexual orientation. The "for-their-own-good" justification is deeply insulting and amounts to nothing less than a falsely magnanimous, backhanded gesture of persecution.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>Simply maddening! <p></p><i></i>

[glubglubglub]

it's not like turning away 25-50% of wanna-be priests is going to make maintaining the church any easier...in the states they're already having trouble finding enough young blood to keep the church from evaporating, this should cement that trend but good...maybe they can turn away those sinister left-handers and the brown-eyed too. <p></p><i></i>

[emad]

on the application form linked to arousal detectors? <p></p><i></i>

[ZeroHaven]

No kidding on that last point! So much for acceptance and tolerance... <br><br>This has truly confused me. In my non-American life, it is a well accepted traditional fact that if a young man has no interest in girls, the church is pretty much his only option.<br>You can't run a farm without children. <br><br>With the recent coming of modern jobs, there are more options.. but in a strict catholic culture it's still more acceptable to go into the priesthood. Can't wait to see how many local parishes ..um, go out of business.<br><br> <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a239/ZeroHaven/tinhat.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--></p><i></i>