Rewriting the truth

Catholic couple clashes with church over gay rights - Pioneer Press

I won't bother critiquing the entire article. However, one example may illustrate how radical homosexualistas will distort the truth to malign anyone who stands in the way of their drive to demand social approval and legal protection for relationships that are inherently sterile and destructive to society. The author of the Pioneer Press article writes,

"Parents of gay children reel at the language in official documents released years ago by the Vatican that labels people in same-sex relationships as 'objectively disordered' and 'instinctively inclined toward evil.'"

To put it bluntly, the author either is misinformed or dishonest. Consider what the Catechism of the Catholic Church actually says:

2358 The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God's will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition.

Note that the Catechism does not label any person as 'objectively disordered', but instead applies this label to a certain kind of acts. At the same time the Catechism speaks with great sensitivity and compassion of those who struggle with inclinations or tendencies toward such acts.

Unlike the bleak, fatalistic message of many of the radical homosexualists who proclaim that many people are by nature 'gay' and must live according to that orientiation, the Catholic Church asserts the humane and hope-filled message that people are not enslaved by their desires and tendencies, and are capable of transcending even strong and deep-seated inclinations in order to live a life of holiness in keeping with the teachings of Christ.

But some people hate that truth and don't want to hear it. Rather than part company with the Church because they reject its teachings, they try to change the Church so that it no longer teaches what Jesus gave it to teach, and no longer serves as the beacon of truth that it most certainly is.

WorldNetDaily: American Girl boycotted

WorldNetDaily: American Girl boycotted

I'm disappointed that American Girl didn't sever ties with Girls Incorporated in order to protect and affirm the worthy values it has promoted in the past. I agree a boycott is appropriate. It's not too late for American Girl to do the right thing and reassure its loyal customers that it hasn't permanenty drifted from its founding principles.

American Girl funds group advocating contraception for girls?

13 October 2005

To: Ellen Brothers, President, American Girl (ellen.brothers@americangirl.com)

Cc:
Bob Eckert, Chairman, Mattel (Jules.Andres@mattel.com);
Susan Jevens, Public Relations, American Girl (susan.jevens@americangirl.com)


Dear Ms. Brothers,

It has come to our attention that American Girl has associated itself with Girls Inc., providing funding for and promotion of several programs. However positive these particular programs may be, we believe American Girl has made a serious miscalculation in associating itself with this organization, whose philosophy seriously contradicts the traditional values of many who until now have considered themselves loyal customers and supporters of American Girl.

While the Girls Inc website supports some positive values, its message is poisoned by its promotion of contraception, abortion on demand, and a sexual philosophy at odds with Judeo-Christian values.

My family has been loyal customers of American Girl, but we can not continue to support American Girl or purchase its products so long as it continues to promote an organization whose motives and programs include elements so hostile to the authentic well-being of girls and families. Perhaps many of Your loyal customers likewise will feel alienated by AG’s apparent loss of vision, which threatens to damage its previously admirable reputation as a girl- and family-friendly business.

We heartily encourage and ask You to sever all ties between American Girl and Girls Inc.

We sincerely hope that American Girl will again live up to the high standards and worthy vision that we believe it was founded upon.

Best regards,

John and Connie Robin
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References:

Girls Inc promotion of contraception and elective abortion:
http://www.girlsinc.org/ic/page.php?id=4.3.4

Girls Inc promotion of homosexuality among grade school girls:
http://www.girlsinc.com/ic/content/lesbianbisexualgirls.pdf"

Girls Inc and its targeting of black girls from single-parent, low-income families:
http://www.girlsinc.com/ic/content/GirlsandSexualHealth.pdf (page 6)

More information from American Family Association http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/10/afa/132005a.asp

Archbishop Flynn says no to exploitation of Eucharist

ARCHBISHOP FLYNN WILL NOT ALLOW COMMUNION TO BECOME ‘BATTLEGROUND’
MINNEAPOLIS, USA, May 9 (CNA) - Minnesota’s Archbishop Harry Flynn has decided to take a stand against what he sees as a protest by a national gay and lesbian organization against Church teaching.
In a letter sent this week to the Rainbow Sash Alliance, the Archbishop said that he would not allow rainbow-sash wearers to receive communion in the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis, saying that, "It has become apparent to me that the wearing of the sash is more and more perceived as a protest against church teaching.”
The rainbow-sashers have opted to make this Sunday’s Pentecost celebration the center of a demonstration in a number of dioceses across the country.
Archbishop Flynn said in the letter to Brian McNeill, Minneapolis organizer of the Rainbow Sash Alliance that, "I am asking you to remove your sashes before you receive Holy Communion” and “I ask you to observe this sign of respect for the Eucharist not only in the Cathedral but in all our parishes. No one wearing the sash will be permitted to receive the Blessed Sacrament.''
McNeill said he was disappointed but that the group was determined to go up for communion, sashes and all. The group says that they “are publicly calling the Roman Catholic Church to a conversion of heart around the issues of human sexuality.''
The Church teaches that while the orientation to homosexuality is not itself sinful, acting on that orientation, is.
The Archbishop continued in his letter that: “The Vatican has communicated to me that it does indeed consider the wearing of the Rainbow Sash during reception of Communion to be unacceptable, a directive that I believe all Bishops will adhere to. “
"The criterion for reception of the Eucharist is the same for all — recipients must be in a state of Grace and free from Mortal sin. While the decision for that judgment rests with an individual Catholic's conscience, it has never been nor is it now acceptable for a communicant to use the reception of Communion as an act of protest,'' he said.

http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=56500

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Some homosexual activists are not content merely to engage in homosexual acts, but also are obsessed with gaining the explicit approval of every segment of society. Therefore to them the Catholic Church, which for twenty centuries has denounced homosexual acts as immoral, must change its teachings. It is inconceivable to them that they themselves might change their behavior and embrace the teachings of Christ, or alternatively reject those teachings and honestly regard themselves non-Christians.

No, they self-centeredly prefer to claim center stage and make a show of their defiant dissent during the celebration of the Holy Eucharist, a most sacred moment in which only Christ should hold center stage. Rather than make of themselves a sincere gift to Christ, submitting themselves to His mild yoke and lifegiving teachings, they would rather take the altar by force -not to receive but to take Communion- while professing their defiance toward Christ and His Church.

The intolerance which they ascribe to the Church in truth is only their own monumental intolerance toward those who believe what Christians have always believed: that sexual relations are beautiful, magnificent, and holy between -and only between- a husband and his beloved wife.

Congratulations and humble thanks to Archbishop Flynn for seeing through this shameful attempt of a few radicals to debase the Eucharist, and for acting with the fatherly and gentle firmness that is so becoming a bishop of the house of God.

(This commentary appeared in the May 20, 2005, issue of Catholic Explorer.)