-Caveat Lector- I am puzzled about how the Roman Catholic Church can speak out as though opposing gays, when 10% of its own priests are leading active gay lives.
The 10% figure comes from married ex-priest and university lecturer in psychiatry W. Richard Sipe, who is a sexual counsellor of catholic priests. His books say 10% of priests are gay, 30% of priests are leading lives of heterosexual relationships, and 6% are sexually oriented towards children. Is the Pope's real objection to gay marriage that it might put extra pressure on the church to let all priests marry, which would mean they have to pay priests salaries? This might send the church bankrupt. In the USA alone, if all RC priests had to be paid a salary of $35,000 a year, a minimum so they could marry and support a family, this would cost the Roman Catholic church $1.57 billion a year. LLM (Sending this again, so apologies if duplicated - I got a strange garbled version back) > Subj: U.N. group in 'showdown with religion' > Date: 8/7/03 11:51:46 PM Pacific Daylight Time > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent from the Internet (Details) > > > > U.N. group in 'showdown with religion' > Gathered homosexual leaders to sharpen 'rights' strategy worldwide > > http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33984 > > C 2003 WorldNetDaily.com > > Buoyed by growing political acceptance of homosexuals worldwide, a > United Nations group promoting "gay" and lesbian rights met in New > York > > to sharpen a multi-pronged strategy that includes a "showdown with > religion." > > The meeting was sponsored by the U.N. Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual > Employees, known as UNGLOBE, a group officially recognized by the > worldwide body in 1996. > > At a forum Monday, attended briefly by U.N. Secretary General Kofi > Annan, panel members singled out Roman Catholics and evangelical > Protestants as opponents, according to the New York-based Catholic > Family and Human Rights Institute. > > Speakers included U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., who urged Congress > to withhold support for a free trade agreement with Muslim-majority > Egypt because of its treatment of homosexuals. > > Paula Ettelbrick, executive director of the San Francisco-based > International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, or IGLHRC, > announced a coming "showdown with religion" and vowed Pope John Paul > II's "call to arms" against homosexual marriage would be successfully > combated. > > Another panel member, Princeton University professor Anthony Appiah, > wondered whether or not religion should be limited, as it poses a > "challenge" to the homosexual agenda. > > To thunderous applause, Svend Robinson, a member of the Canadian > parliament, told the Catholic Church to "clean up your own house" > before criticizing the morality of homosexuals. > www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
