Reply #60: I am a Catholic [View All]

And I post on a lot of the so-called anti-Catholic threads. Why? Because I am so sick of reading about the anti-gay, anti-woman, anti-Democratic crap coming out of the mouths of some Catholic leaders. And it's coming out of a church that badly managed the sexual abuse scandals and is closing churches in many areas due to a lack of funds and parishioners -- yet they are bound and determined to chase even more people away from the church.

As a Catholic, it hurts to see the church I was raised in tell me and many people who I am close to that we aren't "real Catholics." It also pains me to see a Bush, a non-Catholic, interfering in Catholic policy. For the first time, I am seriously considering finding a new church. I don't think I want to raise any kids we have in such a church.

Yeah, I hate to see the standard anti-Catholic jokes about the priests who can't keep their pants on, etc. They go back to a time in our nation's history when this was truly a Protestant country, and immigrant Catholics held a status not much higher than African slaves. But the Catholic church is opening itself up to criticism now -- especially within its own ranks.