Sasha wrote the following to Father William Breslin of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School, in response to their decision to deny admittance of the child of a lesbian couple.
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Dear Mr. Breslin:
The reason I, and many others, think your decision to expel those children stems from bigotry, rather than principle is simple: How many children of divorced parents have been similarly expelled? Correct me if I am wrong, but isn’t it true that the only thing Jesus had to say about marriage is that any divorced person who marries is an adulterer? I’d love to hear why it is so very important to exclude these particular children when so many other children are allowed to attend.
I am not a Catholic but I used to admire the church and the people in it. Now, I see your leadership as being made up of repressed and confused homosexuals and child molesters. I see your church as a force for evil in the world. Now would be a good time to focus on beams and less on motes.
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My Take: Father Breslin addressed the comparison between divorce and homosexual relationships in his blog, but his explanation is dishonest. He says the difference is nobody says divorce is good. In fact, whether they say it or not, almost everyone who’s been divorced believes it’s good. It’s what saved them from a life of misery resulting from a bad marriage. Few would, if they had the chance, go back in time and continue the failed marriage. Unless Father Breslin disagrees, his explanation is merely an excuse to support the bigoted actions of his church.
Father Breslin also says that there are no pro-divorce parades. There don’t have to be. I’ve never heard of someone getting beaten to death because they were divorced.
It is difficult (though possible) to teach a child of divorced parents the Church’s understanding of the INDISSOLUBILITY of marriage, since at least one of his/her parents already have had a marriage dissolved. It is easy, though, to teach such a child the fundamental NATURE of marriage as a relationship between one man and one woman for the purpose of having and raising children, a teaching which the Church regards as more important than indissolubility, important as the latter is.
That is not true of homosexual couples. Their lifestyle contradicts the Church’s understanding of the very NATURE of marriage, both as a union of one man and one woman, and as a union oriented towards procreation of offspring. There is also the fact that the gay community is quite assertive in proclaiming the moral acceptability of their lifestyle and of gay marriage. The Church teaches the direct opposite and would teach it to the child. So the child is being taught two contradictory and incompatible notions of right and wrong. Any responsible educator can see the undesirability of that. As one who has had years of experience in teaching youngsters about the sacrament of Christian marriage I would squirm at the thought of dealing with such a situation.
The only way the Church could accommodate such parents is to change its teaching on homosexuality. That, as any informed Catholic knows, she cannot and will no do.