In an ironic twist that reflects the growing gulf between the Nazi Pope and Church hierarchy and most rank and file Catholics, a new analysis indicates that states with high Catholic populations are more likely to be supportive of gay rights and gay marriage. While the Vatican and bishops and cardinals continue their efforts to marginalize gays and call us "inherently disordered," the majority of Catholic seem to be ignoring the propaganda line even though the Kool-Aid drinkers in the Knights of Columbus are drinking the toxic anti-gay brew. The question is when will rank and file Catholics stop funding the homophobes in the hierarchy? Here are some highlights from a story in USA Today that must not sit well with the bitchy old queens in dresses: *
Want to predict which state might move next to legalize same-sex marriage? You might count Catholics. The higher their percentage of the population, the more likely the state is to... support gay rights. This counter-intuitive finding is brought to you with a tip of two hats -- mine to Mark Silk at Spiritual Politics and his to Robbie Jones who led Silk to a new study soon by be published by two Columbia University political scientists.
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Silk, who heads the Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life at Trinity College, mashed their study with the latest statistics from the 2008 American Religious Identification Survey, which was published at Trinity. His finding:
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Six of the eight states where 50 percent or more of the public supports gay marriage are the states with the highest proportion of Catholics, ranging from Rhode Island at 46 percent to New York and California at 37 percent.
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The bishops have campaigned long, loudly and clearly against same-sex marriage but the Catholic Church also offers a pervasive message of social justice, an umbrella many liberal Catholics stand under when they argue for marriage equality or life issues such as abortion, contraception and end-of-life decisions.
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Increasing it seems that those who remain in the Church are "cafeteria Catholics" who use their own conscience decide what Vatican directives to simply ignore. Would that the bitter old queens would catch p with the theology of their flock.
Want to predict which state might move next to legalize same-sex marriage? You might count Catholics. The higher their percentage of the population, the more likely the state is to... support gay rights. This counter-intuitive finding is brought to you with a tip of two hats -- mine to Mark Silk at Spiritual Politics and his to Robbie Jones who led Silk to a new study soon by be published by two Columbia University political scientists.
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Silk, who heads the Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life at Trinity College, mashed their study with the latest statistics from the 2008 American Religious Identification Survey, which was published at Trinity. His finding:
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Six of the eight states where 50 percent or more of the public supports gay marriage are the states with the highest proportion of Catholics, ranging from Rhode Island at 46 percent to New York and California at 37 percent.
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The bishops have campaigned long, loudly and clearly against same-sex marriage but the Catholic Church also offers a pervasive message of social justice, an umbrella many liberal Catholics stand under when they argue for marriage equality or life issues such as abortion, contraception and end-of-life decisions.
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Increasing it seems that those who remain in the Church are "cafeteria Catholics" who use their own conscience decide what Vatican directives to simply ignore. Would that the bitter old queens would catch p with the theology of their flock.
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The Catholic clergy are mostly gay. The laity has learned to feel at ease with gays and lesbians, out of necessity.
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