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Catholic church excommunicates

Brazil priest for liberal views
 
Priest defends homosexuality, open marriages
* Excommunication follows warnings to toe Church line
By Paulo Prada
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 30 (Reuters) - The Catholic Church has excommunicated a Brazilian priest after he defended homosexuality, open marriage and other practices counter to Church teaching in online videos.

In a statement released late on Monday, the priest's diocese said Father Roberto Francisco Daniel, known to local parishioners as Padre Beto, had "in the name of 'freedom of expression' betrayed the promise of fealty to the Church."

The priest "injured the Church with grave statements counter to the dogma of Catholic faith and morality." The actions amount to "heresy and schism," the statement said, the penalty for which is excommunication, or expulsion from the Church.

The rare punishment follows what Daniel's bishop and the priest himself said were repeated rebukes about the videos and other public activities, such as a radio broadcast and local newspaper column, in which he challenged Church doctrine.

The 47-year-old cleric, who studied theology in Germany, is popular in the southeastern city of Bauru, where he has been a priest since 2001. He is known for his rock T-shirts, a silver stud pierced through his right ear and his habit of posing, as on his official Facebook page, with a glass of beer.
On Facebook and Twitter, Daniel posted a brief statement about the excommunication: "I feel honored to belong to the long list of people who have been murdered and burned alive for thinking and searching for knowledge."

SPREAD OF MODERATE VIEWS
Daniel's excommunication, which prompted headlines across Brazil and protests in social media, illustrates the rising influence of more moderate social views in Brazil, Latin America's biggest country, and much of the rest of the region.
Progressive stances on sexuality, birth control, scientific research and other delicate topics for the Church are increasingly common in Latin America, home to 42 percent of the world's Catholics, more than any other region worldwide.
The shifting views are among the many challenges faced by Pope Francis, an Argentine who ascended in March to become the first Latin American pope in history.
The excommunication comes just two months before Francis is scheduled to attend World Youth Day, expected to attract as many as 2 million young Catholics to Rio de Janeiro.
Though Francis is known to be a traditionalist on social issues and Church doctrine, his appointment raised hopes that the first non-European pope in 13 centuries would do more than his predecessors to modernize Catholicism.
But Daniel's beliefs clearly went too far for church leaders.
In one of the recent videos he posted on YouTube.com and his own Website, the priest said a married person who chose to have an affair, heterosexual or otherwise, would not be unfaithful as long as that person's spouse allowed it. "If someone is in an extramarital relationship and that relationship is accepted by the spouse, then faithfulness still exists there," he said.
A "REBEL SON"
In a telephone interview, Daniel said his statements "are personal reflections that should be considered and discussed in the dialogue of the church." The excommunication, he said, is "the sad act of a lukewarm and disengaged church that is out of touch with today's society."

The diocese retained a church expert in canonical law to oversee the excommunication process. The diocese also initiated a separate process at the Vatican through which Daniel will be stripped of clerical authority.

Last Tuesday, Bishop Caetano Ferrari gave Daniel a letter asking him to take the videos offline and publicly retract his statements. In an interview posted on the diocese Web site shortly afterward, Ferrari called Daniel "brilliant," but characterized him as a "rebel son" who "crosses the line."
On Monday, Daniel said he went to the diocese headquarters planning to renounce his clerical duties rather than retract any of his comments. But before he had a chance, the bishop and canonical expert made him face a committee of Church officials.

"It was a trial," Daniel said. "I told them I was not there to be tried, that I had not been indicted."
Shortly afterward, the Church issued the statement announcing his excommunication. 

 

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The American Right is


Waging a Global War on Gays

 

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The American Religious Right is waging a bloody war on LGBT people throughout the world, from Europe to Africa, lighting the fuse and then running for cover so as to look blameless when the ideological bomb they have planted goes off.

The now infamous history revisionist and anti-gay evangelist Scott Lively is a salient example. The Springfield pastor, spawn of the American Family Association now turned freelance, has the ignoble honor of being among the first in America to be subject to a lawsuit for human rights abuses allegedly perpetrated abroad, with the Ugandan group Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) arguing in a Massachusetts court this month that Lively’s ministry in Uganda was a direct advocate of a bill that would later threaten the very lives of the country’s LGBT people.

By his own admission, Lively’s working holiday to Kampala in March of 2009, along with cohorts Don Schmierer and Caleb Lee Brundidge, was a mission that saw the band of morally bankrupt men firmly and uncompromisingly lie — or “speak God’s truth” as they would term it — about the so-called “gay agenda” and rally Uganda’s religious groups to unify against the country’s gay citizens. As to the extent of their influence, Lively wrote a few days after his visit to Uganda that ”someone had likened their campaign to ‘a nuclear bomb.’”

When, mere months later, Ugandan backbencher David Bahati published his infamous Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009, that would in due course accumulate its media hook “The Kill the Gays Bill” for its death penalty for repeat offenders provision, Lively was already dolling out his generous anti-gay exhortations elsewhere. He did, however, spare a few words to express his disappointment that the bill was quite so harsh. In advising the country’s lawmakers, he had never meant to advocate for extermination, he clarified. No, rehabilitation through the loving hand of ex-gay therapy was to be the answer, this an essential difference between death by blunt trauma and the friendly poison that by drop after spirit-crushing drop destroys completely; something that presumably he could teach for a nice fat fee.Let’s tot up the true depth of the injury Lively and friends perpetrated in Africa. Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill threatens still, and around it now wobbles an always teetering domino effect, with Ghana, Liberia, Cameroon and Zimbabwe all having felt the need to at the very least reaffirm their commitment against homosexuality and, in Liberia’s case as the very worst, begin to formulate its own version of the Kill the Gays bill.

Lively has also directly bedded the Right, ideologically speaking of course, in numerous countries since, including Moldova and in Russia where, after letting rip with his noxious treatise on how gays are the root of the anti-Christian Left that will bring down civilization, he left them to their ecstasy of fumbling – and fumble they did, producing little colonies of anti-gay legislation culminating in one much more comprehensive national piece, to which we will return later.

That there is now even the possibility, shaky as it is, that Lively may be held accountable for his actions abroad has the American Right suffering the vapors and them crowing how this is the death knell for Right thinking, good Christian living. The efficacy of the legal case against Lively aside, it is no wonder that such a frenzy has been created. American exports in the commodity of anti-gay fervor are at a premium. Admittedly, most have been repackaged under the gay marriage versus “traditional” marriage false paradigm, but even a mild attention to detail reveals the massaging done by the American Right.

We take, for instance, the obvious: Brian Brown of the National Organization for Marriage taking a trip to France just as French religious conservatives happened to be marshaling a protest against a marriage equality bill proposed by President Francois Hollande’s socialist party. Brown, turning to the camera, took time to extol the virtues of the “million” strong who marched in early January, with NOM shamelessly lauding “this new international solidarity movement in defense of marriage, children and family.”

Then somewhat more subtle at first glance: England and Wales have just seen published their draft same-sex marriage bill. The group that congealed to oppose the legislation, the Coalition for Marriage, has a decidedly American National Organization for Marriage or Frank Schubert musk – even down to similarities between its campaign videos and, say, those released in Minnesota in 2012.

This is not to mention that, for years now, legal groups like the Alliance Defending Freedom, formerly the Alliance Defense Fund, have regularly filed briefs in cases before the European Court of Human Rights hoping therein to chip away at Europe’s insulated human rights protections and have the court find reason to prioritize religious zealotry over basic LGBT rights and human freedoms. So far, little to no success.

Lively’s old loves at the American Family Association are also busy cheering the Russian Duma’s despicable push to outlaw freedom of assembly for LGBT people, the aggressive national anti-”homosexual propaganda” law that last week passed its first vote as gay protesters were recovering from being pulverized in the streets, bemoaning that America should see its error and follow Russia’s lead.

And so we come full circle. The battle against gay rights has been lost in America. It may take a decade yet, but the inexorable creep toward full recognition of LGBT dignity is well underway and, through America’s firm grounding in the value of the secular, it is a corner that once turned cannot be reversed easily.

Knowing this, Lively and his ilk have taken to shipping their moral atrocities abroad, hoping that their dominionist seeds will take root somewhere else, always of course being well away from the danger zone when their ideological bomb goes off, and always cowering behind a warped First Amendment shield.

The question, of course, is how long America’s conscience can allow this sort of thing to go unchecked – and, in some cases, rewarded through tax breaks and deferential treatment.

Read more: HERE

John Bellamy comments:

Don't ever be complacent about the rights we have in the UK as members of the LGBT community.  Don't ever forget that many people my age and older, went on marches, held banners and campaigned to get where we are today - with equal rights  ( which should be called 'better right'   as we are still not equal )  Don't ever forget how many countries live in  ignorance and fear and when evil peddlers of mass murder - like this vile excuse for a human being above does - and all in the name of God - corrupts and distorts the truth to create and cause huge amounts of hatred and fear - then we must be aware that we are not living on a planet where equalty counts for very much.

Claiming to be doing God's Work is a powerful tool to many and throughout history millions have been burned alive, drowned and/or horribly tortured by evil, sick and twisted people claiming to be doing God's Work, so as soon as you hear anyone claiming to be doing just that - know that they are misguided and evil, and as no one knows what is God's Work and the Bible is the very last place I would search to find out what it is, distrust anyone claiming just that.

I have no idea why this man and his organisation have such flees up their ass - or whay they live in such perp[etual fear of the LGBT community - except to state the bleeding obvious - and it is men like this who stir up a hornets nest and get others convinced it is 'The End Times' or that the Comet is hiding a space craft come to take you to a higher plane of existance - and there will always be the gullible and the dumb who will buy into such clap trap. We must, howeever, be very aware of people like this as they are dangerous and will not vanish if we ignore them, they will become more powerful and more dengerous and we need to take warning from this.
 

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The Religious Rights’ attack on LGBT families is odious. The opportunity for hilarious, bizarre and baffling soundbites, however, is plentiful. Here are five you’ll find it hard to believe are even real.

1) Gay Marriage is A Straight Tax Dodge

Georgia GOP chair Sue Everhart, when she’s not commenting on how gays don’t have the right equipment to be together, doesn’t buy all this marriage equality malarkey. Oh no, she’s on to you sneaky straight people:

You may be as straight as an arrow, and you may have a friend that is as straight as an arrow. Say you had a great job with the government where you had this wonderful health plan. I mean, what would prohibit you from saying that you’re gay, and y’all get married and still live as separate, but you get all the benefits? I just see so much abuse in this it’s unreal. I believe a husband and a wife should be a man and a woman, the benefits should be for a man and a woman. There is no way that this is about equality. To me, it’s all about a free ride.

As others have pointed out, this ridiculousness sounds a lot like the plot to the bludgeon-me-with-the-remote-as-this-is-painfully-unfunny Adam Sandler film I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry. It’s also a new level of stupidity.     This isn’t an argument against gay marriage. If you were going to commit marriage fraud, why would you bother with the “skim milk” way various governments (including the federal government) treat same-sex couples and not go for the full-fat opposite sex marriage? No, Everhart, you just talked yourself out of straights marrying straights. Kudos.

2) Gays and Lesbians Responsible for Majority of Murders in Major Cities

Dave Agema, Michigan Republican National Committeeman, has found himself in a spot of bother after taking to his Facebook page to bemoan the homosexuals and their “filthy” lives. Stay with me, it gets better.

Rather than backing down in the face of intense calls for him to apologize or resign, he’s decided to start offering “reems” [sic] of evidence to show he’s right. Except he’s having a hard time finding legitimate sources. And then, when prompted by press inquiries into whether he supports the notion that gay and lesbian people account for a higher number of murders, suicides and diseases in major cities, something raised by an anti-gay article Agema cited, he said:

“I not only believe it, it’s substantiated by several different articles and studies. That’s just a fact.”

And it’s just a fact that those figures are a mangled heap. Strangely, the pressure for Agema to resign has only intensified.

3) Gay Marriage and Gay Boy Scouts Are Provoking North Korea

This one stands on its own. Frank Luter, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention, speaking to “TruNews” saying:

“I would not be surprised that at the time when we are debating same-sex marriage, at a time when we’re debating whether or not we should have gays leading the Boy Scout movement, I don’t think it’s just a coincidence that we have a mad man in Asia who is saying some of the things that he’s saying.”

But, to be fair, he does offer the caveat that he’s “not that strong in prophecy.” You can listen to the audio here.

4) Gays Hate God, The Flag, Mom and Apple Pie

You remember Kansas Congressman Tim Huelskamp, right? He’s the guy that really doesn’t want gays marrying on military bases. The vexed congressman decided to write a decidedly rhetoric-heavy piece for the Washington Times on Monday in which he decries “The war on marriage and motherhood.”

It was hard to just pick one untruth, one flagrant lie, aimed at the LGBT community, so I decided to go for the following laugh-out-loud paranoia that the gay agenda together with political correctness has destroyed:

… yet another pillar of the American paradigm for our patriotic, wholesome culture — “God, the flag, mom and apple pie.” Activist judges have already expelled faith from the public square (forbidding the Ten Commandments, a cross in remembrance of our military heroes, and Christmas Nativity scenes) and decriminalized burning the Stars and Stripes in public. The First Lady’s “Let’s Move!” initiative and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s sugary-drink ban suggest the days of consuming apple pie might well be numbered.

I enjoy the part where Huelskamp conveniently forgets Bloomberg is a Republican. Also, we gays love our mothers — duh!

5) Ronald Reagan’s Son Thinks Gay Marriage is Like Murder

68-year-old Michael Reagan took time out to hyperventilate this past week about Republican-infighting and the Supreme Court marriage equality cases, saying:
“It’s ultimately about changing the culture of the entire country; it inevitably will lead to teaching our public school kids that gay marriage is a perfectly fine alternative and no different than traditional marriage.
“There is also a very slippery slope leading to other alternative relationships and the unconstitutionality of any law based on morality. Think about polygamy, bestiality, and perhaps even murder.”

It’s strange, though, that the only people who really do seem preoccupied with “polygamy, bestiality, and perhaps even murder” are always those belonging to the Religious Right.

Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/5-of-the-dumbest-things-youll-hear-about-lgbts-this-week.html#ixzz2Pm9AZ0Xq

Gays Will Burn Christians at the Stake’ Says Pastor


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GAY CURE THERAPIST GOES TO JAIL


Dr. Aubrey Levin, a “gay cure” therapist convicted of sexually assaulting his male patients, has been sentenced in Canada to five years in prison.
The 74-year-old South African native had been facing eight years but the judge reduced his sentence due to his age and health problems.
Gay Star News reports:

Levin was convicted on three counts of sexual assault by a jury last week. Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Donna Shelley told the disgraced doctor that it was a “horrible violation of the trust of these three patients.”
“They came to you for help for their problems,” she said. “Instead you added to their problems.”
While the Crown asked for six to eight years, the defense argued Levin was a frail senior and suggested a sentence of 60-90 days to be served on weekends.

Shelley said: “Dr Levin, knowing of the many vulnerabilities of these victims, employed a strategy which would give him the opportunity to sexually assault his patients. Dr Levin’s profession and his training would make him more informed than the average sexual assaulter to the serious psychological and emotional harm that can result from a sexual assault,” she added.
“These three men were already emotionally and psychologically fragile.”
Levin was originally accused by nine different men but the jury acquitted him of two of those charges and were unable to reach a verdict on the other four victims.

Levin lost his license in 2010 after a former patient came forward with secret video footage he had recorded during court-ordered sessions with the therapist. The videos, played in court last fall, showed Levin undoing the man’s belt and jeans then appearing to fondle him.
Before emigrating to Canada, Levin earned the nickname Dr. Shock for subjecting hundreds of gay soldiers and conscientious objectors to electric shock “therapy” during South Africa’s apartheid era.
Last year, a South African journalist claimed that “Levin and his team also performed chemical castration as well as forced…gender reassignment surgery on gay men as a ‘cure’ for being gay.”

Levin’s defense attorney Chris Archer hopes his client will be released on bail once an appeal has been filed.
“With a 74-year-old man you’re looking at the end of your life and whether or not this is going to be a significant part of it or whether or not you’re going to die in jail,” Archer said.

We’re not legal experts or anything, but doesn’t a guy like this deserve to die in jail?
 

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So they claim to be able to draw a line under this whole affair straight away and to be able to move on.   Amazing how they can just brush this scandal under the carpet so fast and pretend it has all been sorted when this is just the tip of the iceburg and yet the church STILL attempts to pretend nothing is really wrong, no real harm done, he has admitted it and resigned so time to move on - and not a word about the evils and the wrongs of a church man and how this organisation fosters and covers up for this kind of thing and is only now that the Pope is in such deep doo doo that even this came to light.

Amazing double standards of the church.