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DeSwiss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-11 10:15 PM
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Accused Of Being Gay, Spanish Priest Challenges Church To Measure His Anus
- I swear I am not making this headline up!

http://freethinker.co.uk/2011/07/12/accused-of-being-gay-spanish-priest-challenges-catholic-church-to-measure-his-anus/">Accused of being gay, Spanish priest challenges Church to measure his anus
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ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-11 10:20 PM
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1. Child molesters are protected but gays are kicked out?
The RCC has some really fucked up priorities in my opinion. What a psycho organization.
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DeSwiss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-11 10:27 PM
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6. Kids are easier to scare into silence.
- And I have no idea what it is about this photo that made the Bishop think they're gay......



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pepperbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-11 10:21 PM
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2. on so many levels. where does one begin?
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QC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-11 10:24 PM
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4. Love the avatar!
Ginsberg is one of the all time greatest.
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pepperbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-11 10:34 PM
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8. thanks. that whole scene changed the world.
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-11 09:23 AM
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19. Ginsberg?!?!
And all this time I thought it was Dr. Demento.

;-)
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pepperbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-11 10:23 PM
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3. oh yeah? well that Bishop can measure my ass!
really?
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Kennah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-11 10:44 PM
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9. That's the OD. They seem to be interested in the ID.
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dimbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-11 10:27 PM
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5. I know the punchline. It's
now clap.
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Kurmudgeon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-11 10:27 PM
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7. It was a smart remark from the priest.
They haven't even took the time to see if the accusation was true.
Whether that matters or not, take it up with the Spanish churches, who may be ran by people with different values than here or elsewhere.
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DeSwiss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-11 10:50 PM
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10. I don't think it was that smart at all.
Edited on Thu Jul-14-11 10:51 PM by DeSwiss
Besides, measuring his anus now would only prove his point if they had taken an anus measurement at some point in the past so they could have something to compare it to. And even then he could have had cosmetic surgery like those Muslim women who want to become virgins again.

- And then there's the possibility that he just wants the Bishop to measure him..... back there.
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Kurmudgeon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-11 11:00 AM
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21. Ok, call it a retort instead then.
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-11 09:22 AM
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18. 'Measure my anus!' is probably never a smart remark.
I can't believe I just typed that.
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-11 11:03 PM
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11. Oh my.
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-11 12:19 AM
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12. I don't think he needs to worry about the church taking him up on that offer
Why the hell did I click on this post in the first place?
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-11 12:46 AM
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13. Same here.
How can one NOT click on this post?

:P
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dhill926 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-11 12:47 AM
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14. and.....
not The Onion. Getting harder and harder........
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tortoise1956 Donating Member (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-11 12:57 AM
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15. OUCH!
Bad pun, whether or not it was intentional...
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Dorian Gray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-11 06:27 AM
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16. I haven't read the article yet
but just from title alone, how could one NOT post this?

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dmallind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-11 08:36 AM
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17. Be careful there Rev - the "fruit machine" really exists!
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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-11 10:50 AM
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20. Wow...
This may be the insult of the future: 'You can measure my arse!'
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-11 01:52 AM
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22. There might be something wrong with this story. The Spanish press indicates that
Andres Garcia Torres has recently been removed as pastor of Nuestra Señora de Fátima de Fuenlabrada in the Diocese of Getafe, on suspicion of homosexual activity, based on a photograph that seems to show Torres and another man shirtless and in close contact. The actual meaning of the photograph has been disputed. The comment in the OP subject line does not appear in most press reports: it could be factual, or it could be a tabloid fabrication, since I haven't found a more extended quote or any indication of exactly when and where it was supposedly said. Parishioners had been demonstrating in support of the pastor and may have collected thousands of signatures on his behalf.

In this article, the pastor really doesn't sound like much of a gay rights activist:

Apostasía
Autor: Padre Andrés García Torres
http://www.autorescatolicos.org/andresgarciatorres01.htm


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dimbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-11 04:42 AM
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23.  from La Gente Dice in LA California,
A este hecho, el clérigo ha respondido a todas las acusaciones.
Primero sorprende la contestación que hace respecto a su sexualidad: él afirma que es heterosexual.
Segundo, para demostrarle a quienes lo acusan de ser homosexual, ha pedido que le realicen una prueba que realmente suena absurda tan sólo de escucharse: pide que se le mida el ano.
Tal cual, esas han sido las palabras textuales del sacerdote.
Ahora, la pregunta que quizá muchos se están haciendo ¿qué hace un cura tomándose una foto sin camisa con un chico? ¿acaso no han sido suficientes todas las polémicas en las que se han visto sumergidos? A la vista de cualquier persona, apuntaría a que el sacerdote sí es homosexual.


So he says he is straight actually, and invites the church to take a good close look at the facts. Emphases mine.
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