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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Bigotry By Any Other Name. . .

Well, how about "U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops." Apparently they'd rather have people go homeless than compromise their "religious beliefs."

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has urged the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) not to adopt a proposed regulation that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of protected categories for which discrimination in HUD programs is prohibited.

From an organization that has a history of providing not only housing but employment to child molesters, this is a bit much.

This is good:

"[T]he regulations may force faith-based and other organizations, as a condition of participating in HUD programs and in contravention of their religious beliefs, to facilitate shared housing arrangements between persons who are not joined in the legal union of one man and one woman.”

Hmm -- what about those jurisdictions where persons may be joined in the legal union of two men or two women?

And isn't it neat that your religious beliefs can dictate how others live their lives?

Frankly, I pay more taxes than the Catholic Church does, and I don't want my tax money going to support religious bigotry. If they can't follow the rules, get the hell out.

Via Pam's House Blend.

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