Pope Benedict XVI Would Like to Welcome the Tired, Hungry, Anti-Gay Huddled Masses

by Michael Jones · 2009-10-20 05:58:00 UTC
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If you're an Anglican and you don't like women priests, gay bishops, or same-sex couples infiltrating your church, Pope Benedict XVI has a message for you: try becoming Catholic! Hey, it comes with free wine once a week, and support for all the anti-gay ballot measures you can muster.

The Catholic Church has announced a new theological structure that allows Anglicans who are sick and tired of the social justice leanings of their church to "reunite" with the Catholic Church. An Apostolic Constitution has been signed by Pope Benedict XVI that allows disaffected Anglicans to quit their church, and discreetly enter the Catholic Church.

Huh, I always thought the Catholic Church had a thing against discreet penetration.

But I digress. According to Scott Richert's Catholicism blog on About.com, this new Catholic structure will be open to all in the Anglican Communion (currently 77 million strong), including the Episcopal Church in the United States. And the biggest reason the Catholic Church is doing this? Because they want to tap into the anti-gay wing of the worldwide Anglican community.

"Some within the worldwide Anglican communion have become disillusioned by the election of openly gay bishops and the blessing of same-sex unions. And there has also been discord in recent years over the ordination of women," reports the BBC.

These folks can find a new home in the Catholic Church if they'd like, which has never been wishy-washy in its support for discrimination against gays and lesbians, or its refusal to recognize women as equal partners in the faith.

Do you hear that sliding noise? It's the Catholic Church, stepping on rather slippery ground toward irrelevancy. Will there really be another generation that grows up thinking it's OK to exclude women from the priesthood, or OK to hate on the love shared between same-sex couples?

(Photo courtesy of Andrews Military Base, U.S.)

Michael Jones is a Change.org Editor. He has worked in the field of human rights communications for a decade, most recently for Harvard Law School.
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