Comments on: Minnesota Catholic High Schoolers Not Happy With Mandatory Marriage Discrimination Lecture

By: Terrie Coats

Terrie Coats — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:13:17 +0000

Courage indeed. It’s totally dispicable that the church would lead these kinds of “discussions”. There are countless Catholics across the country that disagree with the message they are attempting to spread, and I’m one of them. To me it is completely counter intuitive to the true message of Christ, and it’s very sad.

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By: R. Allen

R. Allen — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:22:09 +0000

Words are indequate to convey how proud I am of these men and women who stood up against this sort of hate talk. In fact, I couldn’t be more proud if they had been my own. Sometimes I lament that younger generations seem lost compared to my generation (50s). However, these young adults give me hope that they will overcome the stupidity of my generation. Bless you all.

By: db

db — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:31:52 +0000

Anti-gay religions have twisted themselves into an untenable position by claiming that the best families are 2 opposite sex biological parents–in doing so they insult not only gay couples and single parents but also adoptive parents. They did this to themselves and they’ll have to face the blowback. It’s especially ironic that the Catholic Church leadership is completely made up of single men with little or no experience raising children.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:29:29 +0000

My hat’s off to all the kids who brought their whole hearts and brains into this arena of indoctrination. They are proud, patient, thoughtful, honest, justice-loving, kind to one another — you know, the kind of kids everyone used to recognize as good Catholics. I will pray for the diocesan officials and “volunteer” lecturers to be enlightened and inspired by the Christian witness given by these students.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:33:45 +0000

It’s horrifying enough that these disgusting people are tax exempt, but if you attend Catholic Church or donate to that institution, you’re no better than these slimeballs.

By: Kathleen Monicatti

Kathleen Monicatti — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:09:12 +0000

I am 71, adopted, and a grandmother of 9. Bishop Nienstedt is doing more harm than good with his arrogance and non-Christian pronouncements. He is just a God wanna be!

By: Mandy Cat

Mandy Cat — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:57:01 +0000

And these religious organizations still enjoy their tax-free status because WHY?

By: Old Frat

Old Frat — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:42:27 +0000

I’m 57-years-old, and in my day no one admitted to being gay or lesbian. I am so proud of these kids for speaking up, and accepting each others’ differences. The Catholic Church is sliding into irrelevancy – just like the Republican Party.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:40:52 +0000

Those kids sound awesome. It sounds like any who were upset will get plenty support from their peer group even if the school just pretends that they don’t exist.

I’m 31 but currently at uni with a load of 18 year old undergrads and the change in how their generation view homosexuality compared to my generation is incredible. When I was 18 the issue wasn’t really a big deal, for them there is literally no deal about it at all. Even on the issue of gay marriage most of them seem to recognise that the arguments against it are either dishonest, weird or just plain offensive.