Diogenese has this post on the Catholic Culture Off the Record Blog: “The Los Angeles Times has an editorial deploring the Holy See’s newly-issued Guidelines for the Use of Psychology in the Admission and Formation of Candidates for the Priesthood.”
Diogenese concludes:
Does the Times really care about psychologists’ smirching their honor? Of course not. The point is to increase the odium directed at the teaching Church, and, more importantly, to nudge the issue of the Church’s stance on homosexuality out of the “free exercise” sphere toward the publicly regulated sphere, as a potential violation of civil rights.
Pay attention to how the language sets up the move . . . Where have we heard that language before? First the plea is for tolerance, then acceptance, then ennoblement, and finally compulsion of those who refuse to acknowledge the new regime.
What’s behind the fury fueling the protests against Proposition 8? Outrage that voters still have a right to be wrong — and the Church (in the protestors’ view) is the villainess at the back of the bigotry. What the Times calls cruel and unprofessional today will inevitably be termed intolerable tomorrow.
