Catholic hypocrisy at its worst

Just when Salt Lake City Mormons took their "baby steps" toward gay rights, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington is trying to crucify gays with threats of local social service cuts if the same-sex marriage law is passed.
Talk about hypocrisy! What a hideous insult coming from a church reeling in law suits for decades of covered-up sexual abuse by its priests.
According to The New York Times, Catholic Charities social services arm serves 68,000 local residents, including about a third of the city's homeless people, who go to city-owned shelters managed by the church. It also provides adoption and health care assistance. In the last three years, Catholic Charities has received more than $8.2 million in city contracts.
The bill has the support of the Washington mayor and is expected to pass and includes a measure that would not require religious organizations like the Catholic Church to perform same-sex marraiges.
What gay couple would want to get married in the Catholic Church anyway?
As a person who was raised Catholic and attended 12 years of parochial school, (and sent my two gay children to Catholic school) I am sickened and ashamed.
I always hope that some morning when the Pope slips into his red Prada shoes that he'll step into this century and lead the Catholic Church into a modern ideology that accepts homosexuality. In the meantime, you won't be seeing me at Mass.

A 10-year-old boy stands up for gay rights!

What makes some kids so smart, sensitive and nondiscriminatory? It's the way they are raised, of course. What about our gay children who were also raised that way and are now discriminated against?
In the article posted here, this 10-year-old boy refused to say the pledge of allegiance because
gay people do not experience "liberty and justice for all." He understands that gays are denied certain civil rights and sees that as unacceptable.
Okay mothers, why should our smart, sensitive, nondiscriminatory children be denied their rights? What we want is acceptance. Gay marriage is a right! That doesn't mean every gay couple has to run out and get married, but they must have the right. Relationships are relationships. Marriage is not a requirement. It is a right.
Who in our society should have the authority NOT to allow gay marriage? Beats me?
My favorite Wanda Sykes quote says it all: "If you don't believe in same sex marriage, don't marry someone of the same sex."
http://www.arktimes.com/articles/articleviewer.aspx?ArticleID=2f5d7a3b-c72a-446b-8d20-3823aa79c021

NY Governor favors gay marriage

Gov. David Patterson of New York wants same-sex marriage legalized. He called it "an issue that touches on the very core of our citizenship." Now there's a man with vision.
Disappointed with the defeat in Maine, like we all were, Patterson hopefully sees New York voters as too savvy to fall for the ridiculous fear mongering campaigns plotted in Maine and California. Their propaganda insinuates that if gay marriage were legal, students would be going on field trips to Lesbian weddings or reading books about gay couples. Confrontational politics is rampant in our country. Talk about brainwashing. Why do people fall for this? Let's face it, today's kids are smarter than we think. They live in a diverse world and they know it!
Maybe if New York legalizes gay marriage, my family can benefit. With both of my children and their partners living in New York, it could make marriage a possibility for them--and a joy for me as a mother. Mothers for gay marriage--as Gov. Patterson called it, "an issue that touches on the very core of our citizenship.

Wanda Sykes--gay and a mother, says it well!

I love to quote comedian Wanda Sykes.
"If you don't believe in same sex marriage, don't marry someone of the same sex."
Wanda Sykes and her wife Alex are the mothers of twins--a boy and girl. Way to go girls!

Frank Bruni's mom

In Frank Bruni's beautiful memoir "Born Round," the New York Times restaurant critic has written a wonderful book--on so many levels. I didn't know he was gay until I read the memoir, and his relationship with his mother stood out to me, not only as insightful, loving and fun, but unquestionably accepting. Unfortunately, he lost her to cancer much too soon. But I bet she would have been an advocate for the cause of gay marriage. Read the book. You'll love it!

An 86-year-old "dad" for gay marriage

This video honors the lifetime beliefs of a WWII veteran and shows his convictions in favor of gay marriage. So today, "Mothers for Gay Marriage" gives a tribute to this dad!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/21/philip-spooner-video-wwii_n_329446.html

Mothers--The Voice of Gay Marriage

As a mother of two gay children, I've finally had it! Yes, I've had it! I can't sit back and let them be denied the right to marry. And I know there are tons of moms out there who feel the same way I do. That's why we can be the force of change. Why do we have to have people VOTING to give our children what should be a right? Why do we have to sit back and LET this ridiculous outdated concept of "marriage is between a man and a woman" continue.

It's time we step out of the shadows and become the voice of gay marriage. Hey, don't mess with moms who have an agenda. Mothers are the greatest vehicle for change, and we mothers of gays know what it feels like to have our children treated unfairly and they deserve the right to marry their life partners. I've had it, and I hope you've had it too. Let's work together to fight for gay marriage. I'm proud of my children, and I want to put my love and respect for them to work. Mothers for Gay Marriage!!! You bet. WE can do it.