The Commons at its most effective?
After some investigation I could only find one 'good man' in Parliament. Her name is Helen Goodman, MP for Bishop Auckland.
Janet Daley today in her Telegraph blog suggests that outlawing 'gay hate' would create a thought-crime, since, she says, 'the government is trying to pass a law on “homophobic hatred” by the end of this parliamentary session which would make it a crime to criticise homosexual conduct or practice. They are determined to overturn repeated attempts by the House of Lords to insert a “free speech” clause into the Bill which would distinguish between acts of discrimination or victimisation, and the mere utterance of disapproval or condemnation.'
I would add that it could also, in future, see the arrest, fining or imprisonment of Priests, Bishops or Laity who preach against homosexual acts and civil partnerships since it would be a public offense to criticise homosexual culture. So, before the law gets passed we should get all of our 'gay hate' speech out before it becomes illegal. Here we go...
The act of homosexuality is a grave, serious and mortal sin which can and should be confessed in any Catholic Church across the globe.
While it is true to say that God by His very nature is not vengeful, rather patient and loving, the act of homosexuality remains one of the four sins crying out to Heaven for vengeance. Like all mortal sins, if it is unrepented before death then eternal salvation is most certainly placed in jeapordy.
The homosexual is advised according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church to unite his sufferings to that of his Saviour and, by persevering in the Faith and in struggling with his condition, while having recourse to the Sacraments which enable him to grow in holiness, he should courageously accept his share in the sufferings of Our Lord Jesus Christ. He is called, like all Catholics, to become a faithful friend of Our Lord Jesus Christ and insodoing become a Saint.
There we go...That wasn't so bad was it? How long I wonder, before MPs, outlawing thought and speech find themselves having to create a law protecting MPs from 'hate speech', because, as every day passes, it seems, the anger against this frighteningly anti-libertarian group of amateurs in Parliament grows and grows until finally the BNP get 20 seats in the House of Commons at the next election and the country tears itself apart.
Michael Glatze ex gay youth rights campaigner, speaking of his own conversion experience said
ReplyDelete"Homosexuality allows us to avoid digging deeper, through superficiality and lust-inspired attractions – at least, as long as it remains "accepted" by law. As a result, countless miss out on their truest self, their God-given Christ-self".
I just hope this sort of message becomes more vociferous in the Christian and Catholic community. Just yesterday, on a Catholic blog, a Catholic woman posted a message to 'gays' and spoke of Christians as 'we in straightland' thereby in her world view, separating homosexuals from even inhabiting the same soil. This, to me is not Holy Spirit led conviction or encouragement to repentance(literally a change of heart), but condemnatory prejudice. If the Church does not proclaim loudly the freedom available for those in bondage to sin, and repent of it's followers hate filled hypocrisy against the homosexual person(not the acts or lifestyle, which they must always condemn of course), the people of the earth will not see the Church as a force for good, they will just, in the main hear bigots and hypocrites.Heterosexuals can also be lust led beings of course, and need the loving presence of Christ within, just as much, to reveal their true being.