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muriel_volestrangler

(101,150 posts)
Fri May 29, 2015, 05:45 PM May 2015

Ireland is worse than the pagans for legalising gay marriage, says senior cardinal

Ireland has gone further than paganism and “defied God” by legalising gay marriage, one of the Church’s most senior cardinals has said.

Cardinal Raymond Burke, who was recently moved from a senior role in the Vatican to be patron of the Order of Malta, told the Newman Society, Oxford University’s Catholic Society, last night that he struggled to understand “any nation redefining marriage”.

Visibly moved, he went on: “I mean, this is a defiance of God. It’s just incredible. Pagans may have tolerated homosexual behaviours, they never dared to say this was marriage.”

http://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/2108/0/ireland-is-worse-than-the-pagans-for-legalising-gay-marriage-says-senior-cardinal

I have to wonder if The Tablet chose this photo just for its 'get off my lawn!' quality:

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Ireland is worse than the pagans for legalising gay marriage, says senior cardinal (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler May 2015 OP
can a tight hat cut off circulation to the brain? guillaumeb May 2015 #1
Apologies to Seinfeld, but What is the deal with Catholic clergy and weird hats? merrily May 2015 #2
Nice hat shenmue May 2015 #3
Seriously. Iggo May 2015 #17
Lgbt people are being persecuted around the world and this is what upsets him? beam me up scottie May 2015 #4
That is one grim, serious looking cardinal, like he's ready for serious wrath- appalachiablue May 2015 #5
Maybe he hasn't heard the benefits of ExLax before bed. Hoppy May 2015 #6
Ill take Pagans over those homophobic asshats anyday. (nt) LostOne4Ever May 2015 #7
That is a serious hat! Warren Stupidity May 2015 #8
Are you insulting me? My faith? Yorktown May 2015 #9
It looks like a made-up language next to it muriel_volestrangler May 2015 #12
Don't tell that to the Welsh Yorktown May 2015 #13
That photo sure displays a lot of opulence for an organization supposedly so concerned with the poor AtheistCrusader May 2015 #10
Burke is an extreme character, all right LeftishBrit May 2015 #11
Ahhhh, poor Cardinal Burke! What he says doesn't matter to anyone anymore. cbayer May 2015 #14
What you really mean skepticscott May 2015 #15
LOL. Patron of the Order of Malta. pinto May 2015 #16
Yep. He's a "senior cardinal" if senior means really old. cbayer May 2015 #18
I wonder if his wife agrees with him .......... just wondering Angry Dragon May 2015 #19

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
4. Lgbt people are being persecuted around the world and this is what upsets him?
Fri May 29, 2015, 05:54 PM
May 2015

I struggle to understand religious homophobia. Just can't wrap my head around hating people because your god wants you to.

And the horror of governments wanting to grant them the same human rights as straight people, cue the drama.


 

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
8. That is a serious hat!
Fri May 29, 2015, 08:13 PM
May 2015

Unlike those worn by those ridiculous pastafarians, which is why followers of this brand of made up bullshit are serious religious people.

 

Yorktown

(2,884 posts)
9. Are you insulting me? My faith?
Sat May 30, 2015, 12:34 AM
May 2015
That is a serious hat Unlike those worn by those ridiculous pastafarians,


Did you just call me a ridiculous pastafarian?



And what's wrong with our hats?

muriel_volestrangler

(101,150 posts)
12. It looks like a made-up language next to it
Sat May 30, 2015, 03:35 AM
May 2015

Far too many consonants in those words. 'Trwydded'? That must cast severe doubt on any photo displayed alongside ...

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)
10. That photo sure displays a lot of opulence for an organization supposedly so concerned with the poor
Sat May 30, 2015, 01:29 AM
May 2015

Imagine that.

LeftishBrit

(41,190 posts)
11. Burke is an extreme character, all right
Sat May 30, 2015, 02:57 AM
May 2015

As well as his hostility to 'redefining marriage' (as though marriage hasn't been constantly redefined over the centuries), he is obsessed with the need for traditional gender roles, and with applying traditional church laws rigidly: e.g. denying communion to the divorced and remarried.

He has come under a lot of criticism both from within and outside the church for his harsh attitudes, and also for his ostentatious dress, etc.

What *I* would like to know is *who invited him and his homophobic comments right into my own bloody backyard*?!

 

skepticscott

(13,029 posts)
15. What you really mean
Sat May 30, 2015, 08:12 AM
May 2015

is that what he says doesn't matter to YOU. Why you're acting like you can speak for everyone else on the planet is a mystery. Especially since you've taken great pains to preach to everyone here that you can only speak for yourself and not for anyone else. And yet, here you are...

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