Archdiocese of Louisville denies couple cemetery headstone celebrating gay marriage

[_Abyssinia]

One of the couples in the historic gay marriage case is opening a new front in the culture wars: the cemetery.

Greg Bourke and Michael De Leon, who also were among the plaintiffs in the Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court case creating a constitutional right to gay marriage, are accusing the Archdiocese of Louisville of discriminating against them for rejecting their headstone design celebrating gay marriage.

The two men bought a joint burial plot in St. Michael Cemetery, which is run by the Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Louisville.

m.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/18/archdiocese-louisville-denies-gay-couple-cemetery-/?page=all

 

[CarolNoel]

This just never ends.

 

[Scottgun]

From the article, this isn’t an isolated incident:

Mr. Bourke and the Archdiocese of Louisville have had several previous run-ins.

After the Boy Scouts of America ended its ban on openly gay scout leaders last year, Mr. Bourke attempted to rejoin a Kentucky troop in which he had previously served and which was sponsored by the church. But the Archdiocese continued to enforce the ban. Mr. Bourke started an online petition asking the Archdiocese to end the “ban on openly gay Boy Scout leaders and approve my reapplication.”

No surprise that the hollow legal victory of same-sex “marriage” is exposed here as cheap political grandstanding.

 

[Melodeonist]

I’m a bit confused. I didn’t read the article, but how on Earth can a non-Catholic buy a plot in a Catholic cemetery?

 

[ctb95]

I’m a bit confused. I didn’t read the article, but how on Earth can a non-Catholic buy a plot in a Catholic cemetery?

I’m pretty sure that they are, but they were “married” outside the Catholic Church.

 

[Scottgun]

I’m a bit confused. I didn’t read the article, but how on Earth can a non-Catholic buy a plot in a Catholic cemetery?

The “couple” in question consider themselves Catholic in spite of their war against truth.

 

[Don_Ruggero]

I’m a bit confused. I didn’t read the article, but how on Earth can a non-Catholic buy a plot in a Catholic cemetery?

Non-Catholics can be buried in Catholic cemeteries. This can happen for a variety of reasons…as a courtesy, for example, for Orthodox who may not have their own cemetery or in the case of a marriage where one spouse is Catholic and the other is not.

One or both of the gentlemen are evidently, however, Catholic.

In this case, the archdiocese was, in my estimation, accommodating in the extreme. They did not object to the gentlemen using the double plot they bought…the objection was to a memorial marker engraved with the facade of the United States Supreme Court and with intertwined wedding rings.

It would be utterly inappropriate to turn a memorial marker in a Catholic cemetery into a political statement of such a nature and the archdiocese was correct to veto it. If this is the memorial they want, they can have it…in a non-Catholic/municipal cemetery.

 

[Usige]

it would be utterly inappropriate to turn a memorial marker in a Catholic cemetery into a political statement of such a nature and the archdiocese was correct to veto it. If this is the memorial they want, they can have it…in a non-Catholic/municipal cemetery.

Agreed. All the Catholic cemeteris in my area are very clear that any memorial must be approved and cannot be in opposition or contrary to the Catholic faith. As you said, they are generous in letting them use a double plot in the first place.

 

[GEddie]

Agreed. All the Catholic cemeteris in my area are very clear that any memorial must be approved and cannot be in opposition or contrary to the Catholic faith. As you said, they are generous in letting them use a double plot in the first place.

Well, there is no sexuality in death in any case.

But the men had no right to use their headstone as a political statement. The grave is no place for that.

ICXC NIKA

 

[ChurchSoldier]

Evil always preaches tolerance until it is power, then works to destroy good…(Abp. Charles Chaput)

i think Christianity would benefit from Christians who are as enthusiastic about spreading their belief system as followers of evil are about promoting theirs.