a good religion is hard to find...

andrew's got a link to this article up on his blog today, so i checked it out. here you go:

(Rome) Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero who legalized same-sex marriage in their countries, and about a dozen American politicians who support gay marriage - including San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom who issued marriage licenses last year to same-sex couples - could be refused the sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church under a proposal being considered by the Vatican.

Catholic bishops meeting in Vatican City at the first synod led by newly anointed Pope Benedict XVI are expected to consider refusing communion to politicians who pass laws that violate church doctrine.

to say that this pisses me off would be the understatement of the year. amid all of these stories about how the vatican is conducting exterminate-all-the-brutes-esque sweeps of seminaries to rid itself of gay priests, i am dumbfounded by the hypocracy of an organization that prides itself on forgiveness and acceptance.

hell, jesus hung out with lepers and prostitutes. what puts any of us in a position to judge? and last time i checked, politicians are liable to their constituents, not their personal religious beliefs. and hello? the establishment clause???

and to pretend that gays and lesbians "choose" to be gay is just plain stupid. i don't know a single gay person who, if given the choice, would actually opt to be gay in the world that we live in.