Apparently the Canadian Human Rights Commission is holding a tribunal against a Catholic priest for stating his opposition to gay marriage.
“If one, because of one’s sincerely held moral beliefs, whether it be Jew, Muslim, Christian, Catholic, opposes the idea of same-sex marriage in Canada, is that considered ‘hate’?”
The question was not rhetorical. Nor was it theoretical. Fr. Alphonse de Valk, a Basilian priest and pro-life activist known throughout Canada for his orthodoxy, is currently being investigated by the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) — a quasi-judicial investigative body with the power of the Canadian government behind it. The CHRC is using section 13 of Canada’s Human Rights Act to investigate the priest. This is a section under which no defendant has ever won once the allegation has gone to tribunal — the next stage of the process.Read more here.
Those Canadians are taking their Human Rights a tad bit seriously, and it looks like a witch hunt. Then again, maybe it's because I am Catholic that this bothers me.
Oh but wait, don't forget about Mark Steyn who is also at a tribunal of his own, and then Ezra Levant will be coming up soon.
On the Mark Steyn trial they are bringing an American blogger, that blogged on an American website, a Catholic one at that, as proof of the hate.
I just don't get it.
H/T The Curt Jester
During, the Spanish Civil War, there were special tribunals set up just for Catholics, who might have been caught by the Ultra-left governement.
ReplyDeleteThese ''tribunals'' were responsable for the execution of several thousand Catholic martyrs.
What I find remarkable is that almost every charge of ''discrimination'' seems to point at something that is catholics :
*Homophobia : just moral opposition to sodomy and not necessarily homosexuals themselves
*Sexism : holy Christian matrimony and Holy Christian celibacy
*Racism : Honest defense of native Christians against foreign terrorists
*Fascism : Defense of Church teaching and Christian society
If it is only to defend the Church of the Lord while appily loving my neighbour, then I am certainly proud to be guilty of all those things. Quick, go hide in the catacombs before they martyrize us !
A Monette
Wow, that is scary and sad. I'd say I'm glad to live in America but apparently we're not safe either! And who knows when something like this will start here.
ReplyDeleteCome quickly Jesus, come quickly!
Did you expect,Mylhibug I 'll read this without reacting?
ReplyDeleteMonette's comment: Before quoting History, You must know every details of that part of History. You're writing about a war, a civil war, not a religion war! Spanish republicans/solialists/communists on one side and franquists/nationalists on the other were ALL Catholics. No "good" catholics and "bad" ones. Atrocities were commited on both sides. For the anecdote, read
the story of the generâl José Moscardô (Franquist- Nationalist). He commanded the siege of the Alcâzar of Toledo. Since he didn't want to leave the city to Republicans, they took his 17 years old son, they compeled him to phone call his father, then they executed the son "in live". Was there a Tribunal for him?
Nothing to see with Catholism that's just human nature during a war, you can count examples on each side!
Many Repubicans ran away in France. I've spoken to some of the 2d generation, they're all praticing Catholics as they've been raised by their Spanish parents.
On the other hand, you're right,
Franco( who was a Traditionalist Catholic)hasn't extradited any Spanish Jews to Germany (though the French and Italian have done it). Will one say his Catholicism lead him to racism?
Actually, Catholism is the most open and liberal religion among the 3 important ones? according me. Have you tried to enter in a Mosque or in a Synagogue? No, you couldn't without a preliminary authorization. In a church? Every body is welcomed.
Concerning the other qualities : ) or flaws, we "share" them with other religion : homophobia (which religion accepts it? I feel we must stay to the fundament of our religion and not accept to change it) and sexism (we're far less sexist than other one, thanks God).
In France, even our previous governments have tried to legislate about same sex-marriage, they failed.