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- From: brent@syacus.acus.oz.au (Brent Davies)
- Subject: Re: New Catholic Catechism
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.044237.2656@syacus.acus.oz.au>
- Organization: Australian Centre for Unisys Software, Melbourne
- References: <1e9t9eINN2jd@alice.cs.purdue.edu> <1992Nov17.123846.16454@macc.wisc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 04:42:37 GMT
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- anderson@macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson) writes:
-
- >In article <1e9t9eINN2jd@alice.cs.purdue.edu>
- >berninge@cs.purdue.edu (James Berninger) writes:
-
- >>On my way home from Hickville, Indiana (TM), I was quite taken aback
- >>by a national news report that the Catholic Church (TM) has issued a
- >>new catechism -- the first one in over 400 years. It mentions,
- >>among other things, a new stance on gays: "One should avoid all
- >>unjust discrimination of them."
-
- >>I'm mildly curious if anyone has a more complete copy of this text
- >>-- I'd like to see what this section is about...
-
- >If this is true, I will still oppose the weasly language
- >"unjust discrimination."
-
- I don't know whether they actually used that language, but in an article
- about the catechism in the "Melbourne Age" this a.m., one reads the
- following: "The catechism says homosexuals must refrain from sexual
- activity, though they 'do not choose their homosexual condition; for
- most of them, it is a trial. They must be treated with respect, compassion,
- and kindness.'"
-
- And this from the people who recently saw fit to pardon Galileo for pointing
- out that yes, Jupiter does have moons. Ugh.
-
- --Brent
- >--
- >[Jess Anderson <> Madison Academic Computing Center <> University of Wisconsin]
- >[Internet: anderson@macc.wisc.edu <-best, UUCP:{}!uwvax!macc.wisc.edu!anderson]
- >[Room 3130 <> 1210 West Dayton Street / Madison WI 53706 <> Phone 608/262-5888]
- >[---------> Discrimination, Bigotry, and Hate are not Family Values <---------]
-