COLORADO: Catholic Diocese Launches 12-Step Program For Homosexuals

[Emit]

The Catholic Diocese of Colorado Springs has begun offering a 12-step program for homosexuals. The program is called the Twelve Steps Of Courage.

~snip~

And here are the Twelve Steps Of Courage, which ask participants to agree that they are insane and defective. Their words.

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2011/01/colorado-catholic-diocese-launches-12.html

[uppityperson]

1. This reads like The Onion. eom

[Lithos]

10. +1

Totally surreal...

[sakabatou]

2. Is this trying to reform them straight? Disgusting.

[undeterred]

3. Maybe its time for gays to launch a 12 step program for Catholics.

I'm just sayin'.

:shrug:

[Richard Steele]

7. There was a time for EVERYONE to launch such a program. It was called "the Dark Ages".

We missed our chance.

[Sal Minella]

4. Okay, and when are the "12 Steps for Pedophile Priests" meetings?

aka "12 Steps of Celibacy Like I Promised"

[MountainLaurel]

5. That's how many times they get shifted around

Among churches before they end up in the Vatican or a nice retirement home.

[hlthe2b]

6. When are they going to have the 12 step program for...

Vatican members who have covered for pedophile priests. A hint. Step 1 is to turn themselves and anyone else complicit into law enforcement. Step 12 is to get a new Pope.

[AnnieBW]

8. I wonder if AA and its sister organizations have any say in that?

They guard the 12 steps pretty zealously. The diocese might wind up being sued for copyright violations.

[virgogal]

9. They have permission according to the link.

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. AKA: recruiting program.

:wtf:

:puke:


As a someone who has been involved with REAL 12 Step programs for many years,
and who is a member of PFlag
I find this the most nausea inducing thing I have seen since Palin hit the public airwaves.

Does the irony really escape the Church?

ok, how about the insult?


:argh:

:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

[defendandprotect]

12. Homosexuals don't sexually abuse children .... Catholic priests do ... something wrong here?

Hetereosexual males are 100X more likely to sexually abuse children than

homosexual males --

Think they need a 12 Step Program for their own priests?