Category Archives: American Queery

I believe people’s private lives are generally nobody else’s business, but there are exceptions. “The personal is the political,” they say, and that is true when policies affect lives or when hypocritically grandstanding to take away people’s rights under the … Continue reading →

Parishioners across the state were urged yesterday to sign the anit-gay marriage petition that would place a state constitutional amendment on the ballot in 2008. It’s sad, really. There are many pressing social problems the Church could be dealing with: … Continue reading →

Quietly, Conn. law allowing same-sex unions takes effect – The Boston Globe

Michael Sean Winters writes in Slate about the Vatican’s upcoming ban on gay priests: The problem with such a ban is twofold. First, banning gay seminarians will only drive the issue underground, precisely the situation before the sexual revolution permitted … Continue reading →

From The New York Times: New Vatican Rule Said to Bar Gays as New PriestsNice! This way they can force homosexual priests into the closet (or further into the closet– I wonder how many men become priests to avoid dealing … Continue reading →