Cardinal: Same-sex marriage is just as immoral as slavery

by ☥☽✪☾DAW ☽✪☾ Posted 2012/03/05 04:17:00

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	the Bible not only says that slavery is A-OK, beating your slaves is as well! (Exodus 21:20-21).	12 votes	20%
	funny coming from an instiution that is up to its neck in child molestation charges and coverups.	34 votes	58%
	In America before the Civil War, the majority of evangelical Christians were totally convinced that "their personal relationship with Jesus Christ" authorized them to own slaves.	0 votes	0%
	JUSTIFICATION IN THE BIBLE OLD TESTAMENT "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers. He also said, 'Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave and may Canaan be his slave'. " -- Genesis 9:25-2	0 votes	0%
	When a slave owner strikes a male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies immediately, the owner shall be punished. But if the slave survives a day or two, there is no punishment; for the slave is the owner's property." -- Exodus 21:20-21.	1 vote	2%
	Who then is the faithful and wise slave, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves their allowance of food at the proper time? Blessed is that slave whom his master will find at work when he arrives." -- Matthew 24:45-46	0 votes	0%
	Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every authority instituted among men." -- 1 Peter 2:13	1 vote	2%
	Slaves, accept the authority of your masters with all deference, not only those who are kind and gentle but also those who are harsh. For it is a credit to you if, being aware of God, you endure pain while suffering unjustly. 1 Peter 2:18-29.	1 vote	2%
	"If any one shall teach a slave, under pretext of piety, to despise his master and to run away from his service, and not to serve his own master with good-will and all honour, let him be anathema." Source: Synod of Gangra, ca. 340 C.E.	0 votes	0%
	Slavery itself ... is not at all contrary to the natural and divine law ... The purchaser [of the slave] should carefully examine whether the slave who is put up for sale has been justly or unjustly deprived of his liberty, Catholic faith of the slave."	0 votes	0%
	All servants not being Christians, imported into this colony by shipping, shall be slaves for their lives." Source: Official Act of the Colony of Virginia, 1670.	0 votes	0%
	Jesus Christ recognized this (i.e. slavery) institution as one that was lawful among men, and regulated its relative duties. ... I affirm then, first (and no man denies) that Jesus Christ has not abolished slavery by a prohibitory command; and second, I a	0 votes	0%
	Religious organizations Rather Confuse the Sheep with screaming Gay marriage is Evil while the same organized religions clergy are molesting the sheeps children	10 votes	17%

Supporters of gay marriage reacted with dismay yesterday after Britain's most senior Roman Catholic clergyman said plans to allow same-sex marriages were as morally questionable as reintroducing slavery.

Cardinal Keith O'Brien, the head of Catholics in Scotland, described gay marriage as a "grotesque subversion of a universally accepted human right" and said the Government's plan to reform marriage laws was "madness".

In a stinging response to the Government's assurances that no church would be compelled to conduct gay marriages, he wrote: "No government has the moral authority to dismantle the universally understood meaning of marriage.

"Imagine for a moment that the Government had decided to legalise slavery but assured us that 'no one will be forced to keep a slave'. Would such worthless assurances calm our fury? Would they justify dismantling a fundamental human right? Or would they simply amount to weasel words masking a great wrong?" The strength of the Cardinal's intervention caused outrage among gay-rights activists and supporters of same-sex marriages.

Ben Summerskill, from the gay-rights campaign group Stonewall, described the Cardinal's language as "insensitive beyond words".

"The increasingly shrill tone of what Cardinal Keith O'Brien is saying suggests that he believes he is losing the argument," he told The Independent. "I'm surprised that the Cardinal is now portraying himself as being in the vanguard of protecting children. There are hundreds of thousands of children who were abused by his church, a fact that was hidden for decades by institutional cover-up. And now he feels it necessary to rush to 'protect' the small number of children who might grow up with lesbian and gay parents in long-term, stable and loving relationships."

Margot James, the first openly lesbian Conservative MP, accused Cardinal O'Brien of "scaremongering" and using "apocalyptic language". She told The Andrew Marr Show: "It is a completely unacceptable way for a prelate to talk. The Government is not trying to force Catholic churches to perform gay marriages at all. It is a purely civil matter."

Later this month, the Government will launch its public consultation on gay marriage. Cardinal O'Brien's statement was published in The Sunday Telegraph.

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Heathen 2012/03/05 04:29:23

funny coming from an instiution that is up to its neck in child molestation c...

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This is why the separation of church and state matters big time....
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Random 2012/09/13 14:17:43

funny coming from an instiution that is up to its neck in child molestation c...

Yeah, no. If you're going to compare two things, they have to, you know, actually have something in common. Douches.
Until the Catholic Church cleans up it's house, they should be banned from speaking about anything to do with morality.
All that Removeth the log from thine own eye and stuff.

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classic 2012/05/02 13:37:27

Religious organizations Rather Confuse the Sheep with screaming Gay marriage ...

What is needed is a reverse Inquisition.. you know, hunt down all the Leaders of the Catholic church and do unto them........

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reaper 2012/05/02 03:34:04

the Bible not only says that slavery is A-OK, beating your slaves is as well!...

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aherbert 2012/05/02 02:48:34

funny coming from an instiution that is up to its neck in child molestation c...

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Morgan 2012/05/02 02:46:35 (edited)

funny coming from an instiution that is up to its neck in child molestation c...

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I'm sorry they're related...how?

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BlytheSpirit~bn0 2012/03/30 05:48:16

the Bible not only says that slavery is A-OK, beating your slaves is as well!...

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Seems to me that the Catholic Church is as immoral as slavery.

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Heisenberg 2012/03/30 01:59:10

funny coming from an instiution that is up to its neck in child molestation c...

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I wonder if this is one of the same cardinals that likes yanking on the altar boys' peckers for good luck. They should ask him what his disposition is about pedophilia.

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☥☽✪☾DAW... to Heisenberg 2012/03/30 02:08:31

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Massaro1150 2012/03/30 01:01:07

funny coming from an instiution that is up to its neck in child molestation c...

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Wow u opened up a can of worms.I don't think the church has a choice in it's stance. Once a law is put into effect it pretty much stays one--they don't bend much. It's like it stood still in time-Slavery was what happened then and most of the slaves were not from Africa-they were bought and sold at markets--Jesus Christ did not come to change how man lived those days, he came to change views of who God was and took a following for teaching purposes. But nothing has caught up to modern day man--I don't think that will change any time soon.

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Rubyking 2012/03/30 00:34:22

funny coming from an instiution that is up to its neck in child molestation c...

teehee

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Tim 2012/03/29 23:32:30

Religious organizations Rather Confuse the Sheep with screaming Gay marriage ...

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What can you expect of someone with no practical experience of the real world. The man is a moron, ignore his rantings.

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Pat 2012/03/29 23:30:54

funny coming from an instiution that is up to its neck in child molestation c...

And this is why I am now agnostic.

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Yuki 2012/03/19 10:40:55

Religious organizations Rather Confuse the Sheep with screaming Gay marriage ...

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- America, WTF! Your the only non-third world county that hasn't legalized same sex marriage -

- If marriage was a christian sanction, than only christians would be able to marry -

Blessings to all and,
May all be well with you ^_^

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BlytheS... to Yuki 2012/03/30 05:50:46

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Blessings to you as well, Eivah for those wise words.

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Yuki to BlytheS... 2012/03/30 06:34:33

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thank you ^_^ i do try ^_^

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Heat Her 2012/03/06 16:33:33

funny coming from an instiution that is up to its neck in child molestation c...

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"plans to allow same-sex marriages were as morally questionable as reintroducing slavery"
Yet I heard there are talks about re-opening the witch hunts in Africa

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classic to Heat Her 2012/05/02 13:44:22

As you speak, Child witches are being hunted down and Killed In Africa, by the "Good Christians"

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Heat Her to classic 2012/05/03 12:47:58

Sickening isn't it?

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wolfshadow 2012/03/06 05:07:11 (edited)

funny coming from an instiution that is up to its neck in child molestation c...

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Just because he has to stop having sex with boys doesn't mean the rest of us should give it up!

Oh yeah.... message for the idiot...

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Metaldane 2012/03/05 23:06:40

funny coming from an instiution that is up to its neck in child molestation c...

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Yea I'll take the churches opinion on whats evil when they stop raping kids and apologize for everything they've done to every group they've ever come in contact with like thats gonna happen

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Heathen to Metaldane 2012/03/06 05:11:15

Nothing the church does is wrong silly boy!

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Metaldane to Heathen 2012/03/06 14:49:28

before he was just creepy looking now he scares the crap out me lolz

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Heathen to Metaldane 2012/03/07 03:47:44

He does look a bit creepy doesn't he? Maybe the Pope should get plastic surgery.

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Metaldane to Heathen 2012/03/07 04:59:36

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Lolz yea maybe aim for something a little less like a comic book evil villain

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Heathen to Metaldane 2012/03/07 05:01:05

That or make the Amazing Adventures with the Pope(And not in the bedroom, or confession booth or wherever the Catholic priests do naughty things with children)

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Metaldane to Heathen 2012/03/07 05:16:07

Lol yea I'd say that takes churches out of the equation guess we could put him in a public park

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Heathen to Metaldane 2012/03/07 05:17:49
Metaldane to Heathen 2012/03/07 15:57:59

Or have his own little city lol really shows his humbleness right

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Heathen to Metaldane 2012/03/08 03:53:03

It's obviously what Jesus had in mind!

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misterz 2012/03/05 20:26:44

the Bible not only says that slavery is A-OK, beating your slaves is as well!...

Once again, another village missing its idiot.

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Joanie 2012/03/05 18:23:44

the Bible not only says that slavery is A-OK, beating your slaves is as well!...

I wish I could give this posting more than one rave! Excellent!

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santanasmooth 2012/03/05 11:14:15

funny coming from an instiution that is up to its neck in child molestation c...

They have no moral standing, the Catholic church is a joke.

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Radical Ed 2012/03/05 10:13:20

funny coming from an instiution that is up to its neck in child molestation c...

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Says the organisation promoting a book that endorses slavery.

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caroline 2012/03/05 08:26:44

funny coming from an instiution that is up to its neck in child molestation c...

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And that is why the catholic church is a laughing stock!

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GOD 2012/03/05 07:31:49

funny coming from an instiution that is up to its neck in child molestation c...

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sjalan 2012/03/05 06:45:28

Religious organizations Rather Confuse the Sheep with screaming Gay marriage ...

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I've said this before, the heirarchy of the RCC has a screw loose and it is going to come back and haunt them in the near future.

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justnotsaying (: 2012/03/05 05:48:47

Religious organizations Rather Confuse the Sheep with screaming Gay marriage ...

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That's his opinion, which I'm sure same-sex couples don't care about, and will not stop them from getting married.

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Jacker The Capper 2012/03/05 05:20:31

funny coming from an instiution that is up to its neck in child molestation c...

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The Cardinal also said, "Im a dummy and I know it"

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DefendnProtect 2012/03/05 05:09:02

funny coming from an instiution that is up to its neck in child molestation c...

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Actually I think it´s not funny, but rather criminal.

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David Hussey 2012/03/05 04:54:36

Religious organizations Rather Confuse the Sheep with screaming Gay marriage ...

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Yes Cardinal, we get it. In your eyes the only appropriate sexual relationship is between a priest and his alter boys.

If there is an institution which lacks any semblance of a moral high ground from which to preach it is the Catholic Church

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