Vatican concludes that there are ‘no grounds’ for same-sex marriage

[Rob H.]

Vatican concludes that there are ‘no grounds’ for same-sex marriage
The Catholic Church will make no concessions for LGBT people in the church as the Family Synod concludes in Rome.
Joe Williams
25th October 2015, 1:47 PM

As the controversial Catholic synod closed this weekend, Roman Catholic bishops voted on a summary document which decided against overhauling the church’s teaching on gay Catholics.

(...)

In addition, despite an early ‘who am I to judge’ PR blitz attempting to bolster his image, the Pope is yet to lift any of the actively homophobic and transphobic policies of his predecessors.

Proposals to ‘reach out’ to gay people were scrapped by the Church last year – and despite suggestions that the plans would return this year, it is clear that the Church has no plans to change its stance on the subject.

[deathrind]

1. This is same insitution...

That brought us "Trials by Ordeal".

So...there's that

[Lordquinton]

2. People might take them seriously

If they stopped saying "no homo" after everything.

[Warren Stupidity]

3. The splaining will begin shortly.

We will be lectured and admonished, and if need be an inquisition will commence.

[cleanhippie]

4. Can't wait for the Catho-splaning on this one!

[mr blur]

5. Rational people conclude that there are ‘no grounds’ for Roman Catholic Church.

Fixed.

[Act_of_Reparation]

6. I guess we're going to have to remain "cautiously optimistic" until the next synod on the family.

Change doesn't happen overnight, you know!

Or over a decade.

Or over many decades.

And so on.

[trotsky]

7. They're absolutely right, of course.

Within the archaic, woman-hating, gay-hating, anti-human doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church, there are absolutely no grounds for marriage equality.

If you want to be part of that institution, you have to follow its hateful rules. But remember, just because you don't support the same rights for everyone, it doesn't make you a bigot. You're just following the rules.

[edhopper]

8. It's not that easy to just condemn this

unless you know the make up of each of the 13 committees within the synod and their respective agenda, plus the specific textual context of their decision, you shouldn't judge their obvious homophobic bullshit.

[trotsky]

9. +1000

[rug]

10. I bet you prefer this:

Rational people conclude that there are ‘no grounds’ for Roman Catholic Church.

That is less taxing on one's reason.

[edhopper]

11. Why yes

I do prefer that.

Who wouldn't?

[rug]

12. Because it's simply another sullen soundbite with no content.

Fact-based thinking people usually prefer somewhat more substance.

[edhopper]

13. I prefer it seen as

A concise distillation of an ongoing discussion.

[rug]

14. I consider it a concise distillation of an ongoing banquet.

It may take a few hors though.

[edhopper]

15. That pun

is no feast.