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fucktoyprincess -> RE: Scumbag Catholic Church. Loves Rapists, Hates Little Girls (5/24/2012 1:50:36 PM)
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It bears mentioning at this point, that many of the major religions in the world are decidedly anti-woman. This is obviously not a Catholic only issue. So in addition to the murder/rape distinction, there is also the male/female gender issue and the disproportionate burdens that each face in many religions.
Consider this also:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-catholicchurch-nunsbre84n1eq-20120524,0,899081.story
from which I quote the following:
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The Vatican last month accused the leading organization of U.S. nuns, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, of focusing too much on social-justice issues such as poverty and not enough on abortion, gay marriage and euthanasia.
There is something just so wrong about this. No matter what one's religious background.
The Vatican also specifically criticized the Leadership Conference of Women Religious for being “silent on the right to life”. Is this perhaps, because, when you are a nun focused on social-justice issues such as poverty, you understand all too well what the implications of anti-abortion advocacy are, and don't want any part of making poor women's lives any more difficult than they already are?
I'll take the opinion of the nuns anytime. I consider them on the front-lines of assistance to the poor. And their refusal to take on certain doctrine is absolutely related to what they have seen first hand, and the understanding that in some cases, the religious impositions are simply too much relative to the realities.
Religious leadership in many religions, is far removed from any sense of the realities of life. Which is all the more reason why religious doctrine of any religion should not govern our politics.
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