Post also said he regretted the *politicization of the Eucharist*

Please read the critique by Carol McKinley that follows this article .

VOTF says bishops divisive on gay marriage

The president of Voice of the Faithful criticized the active role bishops have played in opposing same-sex marriage.

Leader dismayed at active opposition

By Michael Paulson, Globe Staff | May 11, 2004

WINCHESTER -- The president of Voice of the Faithful, a lay organization that has studiously avoided wading into debates over social issues, last night criticized the active role bishops have played in opposing same-sex marriage.

"We look with dismay at bishops who openly criticize the homosexual community and criticize gay rights," James E. Post, the organization's president, told about 150 people at a Voice of the Faithful meeting at St. Eulalia Church in Winchester.

In an interview afterward, Post told reporters, It is discouraging to see the archbishop using archdiocesan resources to run this campaign against gay marriage and to speak out in a way that is so divisive.*

Post said Voice of the Faithful, which claims 35,000 members nationwide, has not taken a position on same-sex marriage, and said "it's not our issue."

But, Post said, it was important to speak out because we can't do our work without acknowledging the deterioration in the environment in the Catholic Church.*

Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley, a leader in the fight to preserve marriage as an exclusively heterosexual institution, has said that he does not wish to be divisive, but is articulating the church's view that marriage is between one man and one woman. Voice of the Faithful leaders have previously avoided speaking out on social issues, preferring to focus on the organization's three goals, supporting victims, supporting *priests of integrity,*and helping to shape structural change in the church.

Post also said he regretted the *politicization of the Eucharist* as some Catholics have suggested that Senator John F. Kerry and other politicians should not receive Communion because they support abortion rights. O'Malley also has objected to the politicization, writing in The Pilot, the archdiocesan newspaper, that "it is of concern that some people seem determined to make our liturgical services a political battleground."

Post said his organization also is sending a letter to the Archdiocese for Military Services, seeking an explanation for the removal of the Rev. Thomas Doyle, a longtime advocate for victims of clergy sexual abuse, from his post as an Air Force chaplain. Post said the ouster "gives the appearance of being a form of retribution," a charge Archbishop Edwin O'Brien of the the military services has denied.

Voice of the Faithful, which has at times been at odds with various bishops, won a strong endorsement last night from Kathleen L. McChesney, the executive director of the Office of Child and Youth Protection of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Comments by Carol McKinley

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 :::

Even Paulson gets it after going to one meeting.

They don't want the Archbishop spending their money on the teachings of the Church:

In an interview afterward, Post told reporters, "It is discouraging to see the archbishop using archdiocesan resources to run this campaign against gay marriage and to speak out in a way that is so divisive."

Nothing, of course, divisive about Voice of the Faithful, says the Chancery officials who read through their materials, see what their speakers teach and meet with them to see how they can get the $$$$.

Post said Voice of the Faithful, which claims 35,000 members nationwide, has not taken a position on same-sex marriage, and said "it's not our issue."

They bring in other people to "take the stand". Then when people stand to speak out the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church - they take a stand against you. But hey - they don't take a stand on the teachings.

Oh no.

Why that is preposterous.

Talk of the crazy people.

Don't listen to them.

Stay away from them.

But, Post said, it was important to speak out because "we can't do our work without acknowledging the deterioration in the environment in the Catholic Church."

Just because he speaks out - doesn't mean they are taking a stand.

No-no.

Time for another charade at the Enchanted Village?

Best be seeing how much money is in their kitty.

Call David Smith.

When Smith is done picking their pockets - Deacon Rizzutto & Kathleen McChesney will walk them over to teach kindergartners that their mothers are stunting their sexual development by teaching the crazy stuff in the Catechism.

They are safer with them. Their families have peverted ideas. Perverts waiting to explode with all that pent up sexual frustration from chastity and celibacy.

Watch out for them!

Don't let them hug you!

Just say no!!

Bring in Suzin Bartley who is on the record in the Boston Globe saying it all starts when adults buy children ice cream.

Time for the Puppet show kiddies - line up!!

Post also said he and +Sean are tight on the Kerry policies - shame on the Pope, Cardinal Arinze and the rest of us for "politicization of the Eucharist" just because they support abortion rights. Eucharist for Kerry, Frank Kissling and one and all!

They are going after +O'Brien:

Just because Doyle thinks that Bishops and priests are performing "magical" stunts with the crazy notion that the Sacraments are real - and the Eucharist is not essential to the faith - is no reason to fire him.

Lo and behold.....Paulson finishes the article by reporting that VOTF "won a strong endorsement" last night from McChesney, who was on hand for it all.

Time for the Tribunal?

Not yet kiddos!!

More fun coming our way with the release of the wacky Rizzuto report that Shiela Horan told me the Committee for

Children put together instead of sitting down with parents and reading the documents of the Pope and excluding the program that violates our rights and our children.

Stay tuned!!