“Gays” want Pontiff acceptance, not empathy
“I consider the pope my personal enemy,” said Gabriel Walser, who had also joined the demonstration. “But we have to offer him the respect we demand from him.”
“This isn’t an anti-pope demonstration,” said Thomas Niederbühl, a Munich city council member for the gay rights group Pink List. Niederbühl added that he had no problem meeting Benedict face to face — he shook his hand during an audience for Munich officials in Rome last October and said he plans to attend a ceremony on Saturday during which the pope will sign the city’s Golden Book. “It’s the Catholic Church that has never bothered to enter a dialogue with us.”
I have a question, why do those who condemn, criticize and hate the Catholic Church with such zeal, feel the need to have It’s approval? I find the word “respectful” to be a very curious choice of words in describing the tone of a demonstration, where the objective is one of total submission and betrayal of one’s faith and morality. How much respect do you really have for a person, if you feel you could break them down enough to abandon everything they hold dear and sacred, while submitting to your will? I wonder, what kind of character and responsibility do they think our pope has and what would they be willing to “bring to the table”?
None-the-less, I think the demonstators may be surprised to learn that Pope B. already accepts and respects them, totally!!! As for the “nasty”,…. it still is and always will be a sin.
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Why do they feel the need for the Church’s approval? I’m guessing that if the voice of morality is silenced the voice of conscience becomes a lot harder to hear and much easier to ignore.
That’s a great take on their use of the word “respectful.”
Comment by Dim Bulb — September 8, 2006 @ 4:52 pm
Those that demand respect and tolerance consider the Pope their “personal enemy”–now that is tolerance and respect!!!
Comment by genevieve — September 9, 2006 @ 5:03 pm
Well, Gabriel Walser considers the Pope his enemy but respects him. That’s about the same shape as tolerance in the normal sense: enduring something that’s doesn’t seem terribly good.
What they want is approval. Apparently, they’re the ones who can’t tolerate mere civil dissent, others merely tolerating their own behavior.
Maybe on some level they realize that if they can break the Church, then all of Rome’s moral relevance and authority will be lost. They might be right, if such a thing were possible.
Comment by Ed Pie — September 13, 2006 @ 5:52 pm