In case you missed it, the lesbians 'raising' children who were denied re-admission to a Catholic school in Colorado have decided to 'tell their story' (or "clear up some misconceptions"). Their account of the situation was covered by a number of media outlets, including a notoriously liberal Catholic paper whose coverage was...well...pitiable.
To hear the 'Catholic' paper tell it, these poor innocent little lesbians - Catholic schooled physicians no less - just want to be like any other 'normal family', but then the big, bad (formerly 'progressive, welcoming') church suddenly did an about-face and decided to punish their children and deny them the Catholic education their 'parents' so dutifully & selflessly sought to provide them. Get out the tissue...the coverage even included mention of how "a long haired dog playfully rolled on the living room carpet" before the interviewer and the poor little "hurt" lesbians who sat "in the living room of their home...walls covered with framed photographs of their five-year-old and three-year-old daughters."
While the liberal Catholic paper seemed ready to make the lesbians into victims/heroes, the 'Catholic' publication notably failed to comment on items such as...
* The importance of a Catholic school maintaining its Catholic identity - and its duty to do so
* Homosexual actions are mortal sins which, if unrepented, lead persons to hell [St. Paul, 1 Cor. 6:9-10: "Do you not know that the unjust will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor boy prostitutes nor practicing homosexuals nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God." (emphasis added)]
* A homosexual action is one of only four sins that "cry out to heaven for vengeance"
* These poor children were conceived out of wedlock (presumably neither of the lesbians has a male spouse*) [* Not to imply that two women could be 'spouses']
* These children are being denied the necessary influence of good fathers and are being forced to live in a perverted home
* The women are scandalizing other Catholics (and non-Catholics) by their actions
* The lesbians are forcing children to live in an immoral environment which is not in accordance with Catholic teachings
* The negative impact of the 'two mommy' family upon their own children (so-to-speak) and the other children at the school
* The fact that it is these women's freely chosen actions that are the root cause of the problem - not the Church's reaction to their actions
* The fact that although Jesus reached out to sinners, he DID expect them to stop sinning upon becoming his followers. Scripture specifically tells us to rebuke sinners and even says, "We instruct you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to shun any brother who conducts himself in a disorderly way and not according to the tradition they received from us." (St. Paul, 2 Thes. 3:6)
* The lesbians' relationship is, undeniably, a perversion of nature itself (those who fail to reject such a relationship as a perversion are deluded!), despite their claim that "all seemed quite natural"
* Their dishonest claim that they have "really tried to live up to that commitment" of raising the children in the Catholic faith when their (perverted) home life is testimony to their rejection of the Catholic faith, regardless of whether or not they go to Mass on Sunday. If they were REALLY trying to raising the children according to Catholic principles they would not be living as lesbians. Yet they pretend that they are doing their part and that it is the "Catholic church [that] is now not fulfilling its part of the promise to provide all the support it can in the raising of the children as Catholics" - even claiming the church "is sort of undermining our attempts". Sorry, ladies, you make it impossible for the church to support raising the children in the Catholic faith since you undermine the Church's teachings by obstinately continuing to live in defiance of the those teachings. You can't have it both ways.
* The ridiculous insinuation that the Church should automatically presume two lesbians living together and sharing legal 'joint custody' of children are living as celibates. It is made even more ridiculous by other comments appearing in the article, such as the statement that "they never hid the fact that they are a lesbian couple" and the comment of one of the lesbians that "We never show any affection for each other in church. We are very private." Yea right, they are celibate.
* The fallacy of the "everyone's a sinner" argument. Yea, we are all sinners, but there is a difference between continual, unrepented, blatant rejection of Church teachings and the occasional moral failings that we all commit from time to time. Furthermore, unlike others' circumstances they attempt to equate their situation with, the lesbians' home is inherently a scandalous, manifest perversion of nature. In other cases, there is no inherent perversion and there may be no manifest scandal (e.g. divorce & 'remarriage' that is not public knowledge). While unrepented adultery (e.g. divorce & 'remarriage') is a sin that precludes one from heaven if left unrepented, it is not listed as one of the sins that cry out to heaven for vengeance - like a certain homosexual act is. While both situations are mortally sinful, adultery does not go against nature itself, nor is it necessarily manifest.
* Supporters of the 'two mommy' family being in dire need of correction (remember that defending sin is itself sinful)
* Whether or not the lesbians really are trying to make the children "political footballs" (which they deny) has no bearing on the matter at hand
* The fact that CCD classes (which - to the lesbians' confusion - will still be made available to the children) are significantly different from regular schooling, particularly because there is greater interaction among students in a full-time school environment than there is in limited CCD classes
* The lesbians have something to repent of, whereas the school does not (other than the allegation that it allowed the enrollment even knowing about the unrepentant lesbian 'parents')
* The irony that the lesbians were supposedly "shocked when a local priest suggested they raise their children as Episcopalians" - apparently they realize it's not okay to teach religious error, but still maintain that it is acceptable to live their lives contrary to the truth
* Despite the lesbians' claim, the school is not getting "such a black eye" over their decision. If anything, good Catholic families may esteem the school even more over their willingness to maintain their Catholic identity
* The lesbians claim that they "take pride in the fact that their children like to repeat bible stories they learn in school" and "encourage these stories" - does this really hold true for all of scripture (including St. Jude 1:7: "Likewise, Sodom, Gomorrah, and the surrounding towns, which, in the same manner as they, indulged in sexual promiscuity and practiced unnatural vice, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.")?
* The contradiction between the portrayal of the (oh, so sensitive) lesbians who had "tears in their eyes" over the children's recitation of the Hail Mary, but who yet apparently have no sadness at all over the abominations they regularly choose to commit...offenses which offend God? [Lev. 18:22: "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; such a thing is an abomination."]
* The fact that all children are affected by their parents' actions - both for good and for bad. It is dishonest to say otherwise. It is not the Church's fault that children raised in a perverted, sinful environment must suffer for it - it is the caregivers' freely made choices that bring harm to the children. If the lesbians in this case don't want the children to suffer, they have the ability to change the situation. They just (apparently) do not have the will to do so. The Church, on the other hand, has no power over them. It is all in their hands. It is their decision.
The Catholic paper's coverage also (offensively) uses the names Mary and Martha to refer to the lesbians who did not want their identities revealed to the general public. The paper further indicated that some sympathizers in the parish have been 'comforting' the poor, victimized lesbians in their 'plight' by sharing information about their own sins. Well golly, we're all sinners... maybe the Church should just forget about sin altogether!
And continuing the wishful thinking, one of the poor little victimized lesbians said that "We just wanted to be a normal family." Well, they may want it, but that's never going to be the case. Hello...Biology 101... "He created them male and female" (Gen. 5:2). Two women can't make a baby together! I may want to be a frog (I don't really), but wishful thinking is no more likely to make that occur than wishful thinking will make a homosexual "family" truly be "normal". You may find some bleeding-heart supporters siding with the homosexuals, but God can never accept such a 'family' as normal. It is AGAINST His perfect design, against nature itself, to have a family headed by two 'romantically involved mommies'. Wishful thinking will not change these facts.
The lesbians nevertheless continue in their delusion with their press release that indicates that they "will continue to raise our children with strong Catholic values and hold faith that through our actions, we are doing our part to create a more loving, inclusive world." Reality check ladies: Raising children in a perverted homosexual environment is not raising them with "strong Catholic values" - quite the contrary. Stop pretending you want a Catholic education for these children when your actions betray the Catholic faith. Don't pretend you are victims when you are the ones causing the situation. If you want a Catholic education for those children, it's quite easy: Desist from your sins and repent. Once you remove yourself from this perverted living arrangement, the Church will surely welcome all of you with open arms. Then the children can get a solid Catholic education - both from yourself and from the school. So, if you really want a Catholic education for those children, prove it by your actions.
Related: Catholic Education Begins at Home
(The not-very inclusive) St. Paul on another immoral matter: "It is widely reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of a kind not found even among pagans - a man living with his father's wife. And you are inflated with pride. Should you not rather have been sorrowful? The one who did this deed should be expelled from your midst. I, for my part, although absent in body but present in spirit, have already, as if present, pronounced judgment on the one who has committed this deed, in the name of (our) Lord Jesus: when you have gathered together and I am with you in spirit with the power of the Lord Jesus, you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord. Your boasting is not appropriate. Do you not know that a little yeast leavens all the dough?" (1 Cor. 5:1-6)
[Reminder: While we must hate sin, we must simultaneously love the sinner. Do not inflict or wish harm on homosexuals.]
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