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"Heard the joke about the Church full of homophobes?"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3108349.stm

This, if you ask me, is something of a medieval attitude, and only goes to show that Catholicism (sp?) has a dwindling place alongside modern society.

Very fair. Personally I despise the church, but judge people with religious beliefs on an individual basis (or at least, I do my best to do that). The fact that people who go to church are...well, people like any other doesn't deflect from the fact that organised religion, as a body, is a bastion of intolerance and bigotry and MUST BE DESTROYED!!!

~Ahem~

Love the churchgoer, hate the church...

Fair point.

Oh here we go again with the Catholic bashing. I am a Catholic, but I am absolutely for gay relationships and there is no way I would agree that they are "immoral, unnatural and harmful."

Many Catholics are against homosexual relationships. However, I think the title of this topic "Heard the joke about the Church full of homophobes?" is wrong. It is like saying "Heard about the Mosque full of terrorists?" Catholic does not neccessarily = homophobic. Catholic priest does not= paedophile. People seem to use the Catholic Church as a 'anti-religious punchbag' and if Islam or Buddhism was treated with similar disdain, there would be an uproar and cries of 'racism.'

A war between religious nuts and homosexuals? Rubbishest war ever.

Religious folk drawing up a "battle plan"
Gotta love the irony.

"God's Soldiers"

Tell that to the Catholic Church.

Drawing up a "Battle Plan" to combat the spread of legislation in democratic society is hardly respecting the beliefs of others.

Whether you agree or not people have to respect the beliefs of others.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3108349.stm

This, if you ask me, is something of a medieval attitude, and only goes to show that Catholicism (sp?) has a dwindling place alongside modern society.