Re: NY Catholic Joseph Amodeo Quits Board Over Cardinal Dolan’s Anti-Gay Stance

the religious abhor homosexuality because they're taught to

On Apr 9, 9:36 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> NY Catholic Quits Board Over Cardinal Dolan's Anti-Gay Stance
>
> NEW YORK (AP) - A day before Easter, the head of New York's Roman
> Catholic archdiocese faced a challenge to his stance on gay rights:
> the resignation of a church charity board member who says he's "had
> enough" of the cardinal's attitude.
>
> Joseph Amodeo told The Associated Press on Saturday that he quit the
> junior board of the city's Catholic Charities after Cardinal Timothy
> Dolan failed to respond to a "call for help" for homeless youths who
> are not heterosexual.
>
> "As someone who believes in the message of love enshrined in the
> teachings of Christ, I find it disheartening that a man of God would
> refuse to extend a pastoral arm" to such youths, Amodeo said in his
> letter to the charitable organization last Tuesday.
>
> Phone and email requests from the AP for comment from the archdiocese
> were not immediately answered on Saturday.
>
> The conflict started with a letter to Dolan from Carl Siciliano,
> founder of the nonprofit Ali Forney Center that offers emergency
> services to homeless gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender young
> people. He said the cardinal's "loud and strident voice against the
> acceptance of LGBT people" creates "a climate where parents turn on
> their own children."
>
> "As youths find the courage and integrity to be honest about who they
> are at younger ages, hundreds of thousands are being turned out of
> their homes and forced to survive alone on the streets by parents who
> cannot accept having a gay child," Siciliano wrote in his letter, sent
> last week.
>
> Siciliano, who is Catholic, said parents who are strongly religious
> are much more likely to reject children who are lesbian, gay, bisexual
> and transgender. Of the nation's homeless youths, as many as 40
> percent are LGBT, studies show.
>
> More:http://www.edgeboston.com/news/religion/news/131775/ny_catholic_quits...
>
> --
> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> Have a great day,
> Tommy
>
> --
> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> Have a great day,
> Tommy

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