Cardinal Dolan Uses NYPD To Bar Gay Catholics From Sunday Worship In St. Patrick’s Cathedral

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7. I'll give you an honest answer.

Religion at root is not political. That is not to say that religions have been used for political purposes or that often religion itself intrudes into politics.

Religion at heart is an attempt to understand if there is a god that imbues the universe and, if so, to understand that god as best as we are able.

The political aspects of religion are, imo, easy to deal with. Any political overreaching in the name of religion or by religion is not difficult to identify. These activists have and are opposing it.

That still does not change the nature of religion, i.e., to know God.

You will remember the Donatist controversy in the third century. No matter how fucked up religious people get and no matter what horrible things are done in the name of religion, its purpose, intent and validity remain. If there is a god, the value of seeking that god remains.