Catholic journal withdraws gay devil column

[w8liftinglady]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/story/2011-11-03/catholic-gay-devil/51057554/1

BOSTON (AP) – The oldest Roman Catholic newspaper in the United States has retracted an opinion column suggesting the devil may be responsible for gay attraction.

The column, which appeared Friday in the Archdiocese of Boston's official newspaper, The Pilot, was titled "Some fundamental questions on same-sex attraction." It was written by Daniel Avila, an associate director for policy and research for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
In the column, Avila says "the scientific evidence of how same-sex attraction most likely may be created provides a credible basis for a spiritual explanation that indicts the devil."

It also says "disruptive imbalances in nature that thwart encoded processes point to supernatural actors who, unlike God, do not have the good of persons at heart." It says that when "natural causes disturb otherwise typical biological development, leading to the personally unchosen beginnings of same-sex attraction, the ultimate responsibility, on a theological level, is and should be imputed to the evil one, not God."

The 182-year-old newspaper withdrew the column from its website on Wednesday, saying it had failed to recognize the "theological error" before publication. It posted an apology from Avila saying the column didn't represent the position of the Conference of Catholic Bishops, whose stated purpose is to "promote the greater good which the Church offers humankind," and wasn't authorized for publication.

[joeybee12]

1. So, I still say fuck them...knr

[w8liftinglady]

2. LOL- I think you and I are on the same wave length!

...if you can't tell by my posts....

[Sal Minella]

3. If more people would call "Ridiculous" on idiotic religious beliefs,

we'd have a lot less interference from these absurd old men trying to influence U.S. laws.

We liberals bend over backwards trying to allow "religious freedom" for everybody, and these poseurs in long black dresses continue to beat our Congress over the head trying to enact their fantasy-based woowoo into law.