“It’s happening again.”
So begins a column over at Irish Central by Cahir O’Doherty (pictured).
“What is ‘it’—the it that is happening again?” you ask.
I’m not entirely sure. The headline, which is the logical lead-in for the first line of the piece, says, “Catholic Church fires Mass woman for marrying.”
I know; I know. What is a “Mass woman”? A woman who serves at Mass? This is not an established term in the Church’s liturgical books. But it turns out that “Mass” in this case means “Massachusetts.” O’Doherty or his editor failed to include a period that would have clarified a bit.
But as far as I know, the Catholic churches in Massachusetts are not in the habit of firing women when they marry, so that doesn’t seem to be quite the “it” that is happening again.
The “it”—though O’Doherty never actually tells us what “it” is—seems has to do with homosexuality, because the piece states (excerpts):
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The link doesn’t work … looks like the whole NCR site is down.
I was able to read the article before the 403 error. I think the big distinction, as you point out, is the public nature of the “marriage” sin. The other sins that the writer lists — contraception, vasectomy, private views on abortion, marriage outside the Church (I assume this is the problem he is referring to when he mentions divorce) — are not apparent unless they are advertised publicly.
I would hope that any teacher promoting vasectomy or contraception or abortion, or marriage outside the Church within a Catholic school would be fired. If not, the correct action would be to change the policy to do so, not to allow other public sins to the list of sins the school will tolerate in order to be “fair”.
Slightly off topic, but everything about this is fundamentally incorrect. See the Ten Commandments (thou shalt not covet) and the sermon on the mount (everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment, everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart)
It is contradictory to call something “intrinsically disordered” but not sinful.
An intrinsical disorder is a temptation. A temptation is not a sin. Giving in to a temptation is a sin.
Giving in to a temptation — even mentally — is a sin.
Which is what makes it so fun trying to figure out whether your thoughts were sinful because you consented with your will.
Jimmy, I noticed that you used the phrase “simulated marriage” a lot in your article. I like that phrase and hope it catches on in the culture war.
Very well reasoned article.
The fact that much of society caters to the gay community and cowers when the gay community screams, “homophobe” , tells me our society is under some kind of a spell. Or maybe Ann Coulter is right, when she says that people think the following, “Okay, okay so you say being gay is not sinful, fine have it your way, just shut up about it already.”
Practicing a life style that is so contrary to what everyone knows is right, must either involve alot of mental work to justify or to ignore. Bashing Christianity and just plain decency must take its toll on an individual. No wonder many who claim the title “gay” hate Christianity. Montgomery Clift, who was gay once said, “It doesn’t matter how much society says they accept homosexuality, I know there is something wrong with me.” Perhaps if Clift’s “friends” told him the truth and not coddled him, maybe he would not have drank himself to death. The Church, Christians and just decent ordinary folks need to continue to stand up to the gay community and not allow them to intimindate society into accepting sin as the norm.
I’m pretty sure the Catholic Church has fired (in recent years) women who have openly had IVF and nuns at hospitals who have aborted for reasons of the mother’s health. They’re actually pretty consistent about firing people who don’t stick to the agreement (ie employed by the Catholic Church so long as they live by Catholic rules).
This, to me, is like going to a Mosque and complaining that the imam won’t let you put on a burlesque show.
I mean, really, doesn’t anyone see how absurd this is? This woman can work somewhere else. Why does she have to flaunt her homosexuality in a Catholic environment. Obviously, she’s gone out looking for trouble and found it. Big surprise.
I feel sorry for her. She needs a good therapist. Hope this gets people to pray for her.
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