tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post7060066014700112438..comments2023-08-23T08:27:08.039-04:00Comments on UU A Way Of Life: Sacred Heart of Jesus parish excludes child of a lesbian couple from their parish school.David G. Markhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08336565533124142690noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-8666518852898558772010-03-16T23:15:58.804-04:002010-03-16T23:15:58.804-04:00I agree that many good people remain Roman Catholi...I agree that many good people remain Roman Catholics with the intention of working for reform from within the church. And for a lot of Catholics, being part of a parish is more about community than doctrine.<br /><br />I was Catholic many years ago, so I get all that. But at the same time, I wonder what it would take for these good people to say, "Enough already! This is crazy!" I mean, let's say you can get beyond the overt discrimination against women and gays. Let's say you can get beyond ridiculous rules (in my view) about birth control, sex and divorce. Let's say you've made your peace with the obscene handling of pedophile priests. At what point do people of conscience have to get angry and say, "This is not acceptable and I refuse to be a part of it"?<br /><br />I'm not asking rhetorically. I'm really curious. Where's the tipping point for liberal Roman Catholics? From the outside, remaining part of an institution that practices discrimination looks a helluva lot like participation in (and approval of) a corrupt value system.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01879666648303916578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-42488587781115252052010-03-16T12:23:20.963-04:002010-03-16T12:23:20.963-04:00I think that you will find that there actually alr...I think that you will find that there actually already are a fair number of former Roman Catholics who have joined the Unitarian*Universalist religious community David. That being said, I know of plenty of Roman Catholics who have chosen to remain Roman Catholics and try to work for reform from within the church. I have said it before but it bears repeating. . . I know Roman Catholics who are much more worthy of the description "religious liberal" than a good number of the U*Us I know.Robin Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.com