There are some days when the lunacy and disingenuousness of the Roman Catholic Church just simply goes off the charts. Here we have an institution that has (i) a worldwide problem with the sexual abuse of who knows how many thousands of minors, (ii) paid out literally billions of dollars in damages to abuse victims with no end of finacial hemmoraging in sight, and (iii) to date still failed to discipline any of its hierarchy that enabled and/or covered up the abuse of minors. But what are the Catholic Bishops in Connecticut worried about? Oh the horror! That with same sex marriage now legal in that state that florists might be forced to sell flowers to same sex couples getting married. I kid you not. Here are highlights from the Hartford Courant:*
Concerned that the state's new same-sex marriage law would infringe on religious liberties, the Connecticut Catholic Conference today proposed some broad exemptions which it believes are necessary to protect those rights.
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The law does not require Catholic priests -- or any other clergy member -- to preside over same-sex weddings.
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However, the church is seeking additional exemptions. For instance, it wants to ensure that a florist opposed to gay marriage on religious grounds not be forced to sell flowers to a same-sex couple.
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"Same-sex couples have their liberties protected fully. Religious people are wondering 'how is this going to effect me?"' David Reynolds, lobbyist for the Catholic Church, told members of the legislature's judiciary committee.
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How about weeding out all predator priests and doing justice to their victims first before worrying about florists who in this economy ought to be happy to sell flowers to anyone who will buy them? The Church just becomes more ridiculous by the day. Why does anyone listen to its bishops whatsoever?
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The Hartford Courant -- which needs writers or a proofreader who knows the difference between "affect" and "effect" -- is also running a reader poll: Should florists and others be exempt from being forced to provide services or goods to same-sex couples? Wait a minute. When did we establish that they would be? Should we the readers ask the editor, "Do you still beat your significant other?"
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