Quote of the Day

. . . There are days I despair that these sexually stunted boys masquerading as spiritually evolved adult men will ever grow up. I guess it's going to take some more pressure from the rank and file. The good news is when they finally do start maturing, and accept their own sexuality, they will experience what real freedom truly feels like, and part of that is making real choices, not guilt infected coerced choices.

– Colleen Kochivar-Baker
"I Try to Make Sense of Vatican Reasoning on Orientation and Gender
– and Get a Headache As Opposed to Enlightened"
Enlightened Catholicism
July 16, 2011

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
Keeping All the Queens Under One Roof
Officially Homophobic, Intensely Homoerotic
Homophobia? It's So Gay
What Is It That Ails You?
The Pope's "Scandalous" Stance on Homosexuality
Italian Cardinal Calls for a "New Vision" for Sexuality
An Australian Bishop's "Radical" Call for Reform
Truth Telling: The Greatest of Sins in a Dysfunctional Church
The Real Crisis

Image: "Oh, Sister!" Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke looking lovely in scarlet and lace – and clearly unconcerned that his attire may unwittingly subvert gender-based orthodoxies!