Parents of Gay Catholics

I'm thinkin' there's a good chance these folks encouraged the sexual orientation. Homosexuality is a disorder that needs to be combatted and fought, albeit with love and understanding. If it's encouraged or accepted like a parent accepts, say, his child's red hair, the parents make a grave mistake.

About 75 Catholic parents of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender children released a statement Wednesday evening rejecting church teaching on homosexuality and calling Vatican policies "spiritually abusive." A group called Catholic Rainbow Parents read a "declaration of wisdom and love" on the steps of the Cathedral of St. Paul before placing a scroll containing the document in the center door of the cathedral.

As a bagpiper played and a light rain fell, the group then walked across the street and mailed a copy to the Vatican and another to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

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By the way, such ceremonial protests like the one described here make me nauseous.