Quebec priests dispute Vatican stand on homosexuality

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Last Updated Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:05:47 EST
CBC News

A group of 19 Roman Catholic priests from Quebec has published an open letter criticizing the church's stand on homosexuality.

The 980-word letter, published Sunday in the Montreal newspaper La Presse, is in response to the position against same-sex marriage taken by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Vatican.

Does the church "have the last word on the mysteries of political, social, family and sexual life?" asks the letter. "In these matters, the official teaching of the church has shown itself more than once to be wrong."

The Quebec priests who signed the letter dispute the Vatican's position that homosexual acts are "immoral and contrary to the natural law," writing that throughout human history, mankind has evolved and redefined what is natural to them.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/02/27/quebec-priests060227.html

[LostinVA]

1. Go Padres!!!

[sui generis]

2. good for them -

The catholic church is discovering that it's really difficult to enforce third world ideals on developed nations. That's why they're so big in Angola and Nigeria. Go church go! Away from here!

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3. Just saw this on cbc.ca. K&R!

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[xchrom]

4. woo--hoo!

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