Seven quit charity over policy of bishops (Massachusetts)

[Zenlitened]

Seven quit charity over policy of bishops
Deplore effort to exclude same-sex adoptions

By Patricia Wen, (Boston) Globe Staff | March 2, 2006

Seven members of the board of Catholic Charities of Boston, including prominent business and media leaders, announced their resignations yesterday, saying that the Massachusetts bishops' effort to prohibit gays from adopting children from Catholic social service agencies ''threatens the very essence of our Christian mission."

Among those who quit was Peter Meade, executive vice president of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and chairman of the board until last month. Meade expressed concern that the bishops' position on gay adoptions will alienate Catholics in the state and reduce much-needed donations for the agency's charitable work.

We ''cannot participate in an effort to pursue legal permission to discriminate against Massachusetts citizens who want to play their part in building strong families," the seven members said in a statement.

More:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/03/02/seven_quit_charity_over_policy_of_bishops/?p1=MEWell_Pos1

[TechBear_Seattle]

1. Cheer!

Kicked and recommended.

[babylonsister]

2. Yeah! Good for them! nt

[saigon68]

6. Apparently they like counselling the youth

By unzipping their flys

[aquart]

14. Excuse me?

[saigon68]

15. You're excused

No need to be polite here

[BlueManDude]

3. These folks are heroes

I recognize most of those names.

[Mr_Spock]

4. Good. Let the idiot bigots be isolated unto their hateful selves.

I hate bigots - especially Christian bigots. What a non-sequitur...

[JerseygirlCT]

5. I can't but believe that we'll begin to see these

revolts from American Catholics.

Growing up Catholic, this new ugly version of intolerant, right-wing, ultra-conservative was not at all my experience.

The harder the line from Rome and the bishops, the more people will revolt, or walk.

Plenty in the pews of my Episcopal church who did just that.

[seaglass]

7. If they don't comply take away their license. On the Catholic

Charities website Baltimore (couldn't find rates on the BOS site) - domestic adoption is $8000-$15,000. Is this a church or a business?

[SpiralHawk]

8. "Everyone* is entitled to a massive profit" - Bush buddy Pope Ratzinger

implied if not articulated



* Everyone who is a member of The Elite, The Elect, The Special, and the Have Mores

[LostinVA]

9. The Church of social justice I knew growing up

Whenever I'm sure it's gone for good, some brave laity or religious stand up for right.

[Patiod]

11. Hey, peace vigils at my local Catholic Church radicalized me

Whenever my mother wonders aloud why I left the Church and became a Quaker, I tell her it's her own fault for bringing me to all those midnight peace vigils to pray that the war would end before my brother could be sent to Vietnam (he was due to report ONE DAY after Nixon ended the draft).

[LostinVA]

12. Exactly! And, it's still going on! Note the nuns imprisoned

For protesting nukes -- one was imprisoned with Martha Stewart, actually. Elderly women who came of age during the 60's. They rock!

[Critters2]

13. My brother was, too

My mom had already made arrangements for him to stay with a colleague of my dad's in Canada, if it came to that.

[Dragonbreathp9d]

10. Alright, stick it to 'em!

[Theres-a]

16. BRAVO!

The more people speak up,the better.

[newscott]

17. Amen.

Remember this is the church Heirarchy. It's got nothing to do with the way Jesus saw his church.

While I no longer believe in God, I'd like to think that people could go a long way in life if they understood the life Jesus led.

[DarkTirade]

18. Awesome.

We need more people like this in the world.

[Cronus Protagonist]

19. Awesome! Jesus, your people are rising up!

I hope this starts a serious trend.

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