End of archaic anti-Catholic bigotry but danger of new forms

[lizardley]

Catholic thoughts in Scotland on changes to royal succession—historic anti-Catholic bigotry—and new threats:

When does an anti-Catholic act stop being as such an anti-Catholic act? Why, when you excise an anti-Catholic part of it. This is not a recycled joke from Monday’s Halloween ‘guisers,’ this is what began to happen last week when British Prime Minister David Cameron and Commonwealth leaders agreed in principal to pass legislation in all 16 Commonwealth countries to remove the section of the Act of Settlement which barred the heirs to the British throne from marrying Catholics…
… In spite of recently conceding that Christian rights required protection just as much as ‘gay rights’ in British overseas aid decisions, domestically Mr Cameron’s coalition government will soon mirror the Scottish Government in opening the issue of same-sex ‘marriage’ to consultation. There can be no doubt that this is to appease a lobby that, while vocal and driven, is not representative of our society…
…Let’s hope the historic oppression of the Catholic Faith that is about to be removed from the laws of our land isn’t all too quickly replaced with legislation enforcing new and more troubling forms of suppression of Catholic values and tradition.

To read more visit; sconews.co.uk/opinion/13869/celebrate-the-end-of-archaic-prejudice-but-guard-against-new-forms/

 

[Hokomai]

Catholic thoughts in Scotland on changes to royal succession—historic anti-Catholic bigotry—and new threats:

When does an anti-Catholic act stop being as such an anti-Catholic act? Why, when you excise an anti-Catholic part of it. This is not a recycled joke from Monday’s Halloween ‘guisers,’ this is what began to happen last week when British Prime Minister David Cameron and Commonwealth leaders agreed in principal to pass legislation in all 16 Commonwealth countries to remove the section of the Act of Settlement which barred the heirs to the British throne from marrying Catholics…
… In spite of recently conceding that Christian rights required protection just as much as ‘gay rights’ in British overseas aid decisions, domestically Mr Cameron’s coalition government will soon mirror the Scottish Government in opening the issue of same-sex ‘marriage’ to consultation. There can be no doubt that this is to appease a lobby that, while vocal and driven, is not representative of our society…
…Let’s hope the historic oppression of the Catholic Faith that is about to be removed from the laws of our land isn’t all too quickly replaced with legislation enforcing new and more troubling forms of suppression of Catholic values and tradition.

To read more visit; sconews.co.uk/opinion/13869/celebrate-the-end-of-archaic-prejudice-but-guard-against-new-forms/

Giving gay people the same rights as others takes nothing away from Catholic values and tradition, except the Catholic values and traditions that in many countries led to gay people being imprisoned, or worse, for expressing their love for each other,

 

[Wolseley]

As the pro-sexual deviancy faction gains ground, it wouldn’t surprise me to see Catholics openly persecuted simply for refusing to agree that two men or two women can be “married”.

Of course, refusing to “marry” such a pair in a Catholic church or refusing to allow them to adopt children from a Catholic institution is seen, in their eyes, as hateful, homophobic crime.

So be it. Christ told us quite plainly that if adhered to the strict teaching of His Church, persecution would come. We’ve been pretty lucky for most of the history of this country; but now that the country’s liberties and freedoms are breaking down, so are the protections which we have come to take for granted.

Dig in your teeth, boys and girls, the next few decades are going to be a rough ride.

 

[Farsight001]

Giving gay people the same rights as others takes nothing away from Catholic values and tradition, except the Catholic values and traditions that in many countries led to gay people being imprisoned, or worse, for expressing their love for each other,

Not exactly true considering some of the laws they’re pondering enacting means churches are either going to marry gay couples or get shut down. It’s not just the enacting of rights, but the enforcing of it to the extent that it means removing rights from others. I think that’s the point of the topic.

 

[Brendan]

Giving gay people the same rights as others takes nothing away from Catholic values and tradition, except the Catholic values and traditions that in many countries led to gay people being imprisoned, or worse, for expressing their love for each other,

Gays already have the exact same rights as everyone else.

For example, a gay person has the same legal right to marry as a ‘straight’ person.

The right to enter into a civil, marital contract under the same conditions as everyone else; namely the right to contract marriage with a single, unmarried, consenting, adult human of the opposite sex.

Those are the same rights and conditions that apply for everyone, gay or straight.

 

[Contra_Mundum_1]

Giving gay people the same rights as others takes nothing away from Catholic values and tradition, except the Catholic values and traditions that in many countries led to gay people being imprisoned, or worse, for expressing their love for each other,

You are so wrong on this! Do your reasearch before posting bigoted comments. People used to go to prison for sodomy here in the UK, which is not a Catholic country in case you haven’t noticed.

The Catholic church always stands against imprisonment and killing of homosexuals, something that is found in Islamic countries for example.

And another question: where does the idea of human rights originate from? Do you have any understanding of the values that modern secular society of the western world is based upon?