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

So the teachers are teaching lies and falsehoods, then.

On Apr 9, 12:10 pm, plainolamerican <plainolameri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> the religious abhor homosexuality because they're taught to
>
> On Apr 9, 9:36 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > 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...
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> > --
> > 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,
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