tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post3939301805485468115..comments2024-03-23T12:05:23.537-05:00Comments on The Wild Reed: Local Media Coverage of December 2 Vigil Falls ShortMichael J. Baylyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087458490602152648noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-65617617623377818702007-12-13T19:53:00.000-06:002007-12-13T19:53:00.000-06:00Brad, thanks for your comment. Maybe I am being t...Brad, thanks for your comment. Maybe I am being too hard on both <EM>City Pages</EM> and <EM>Lavender</EM>.<BR/><BR/>Dan, apart from the necessary cross involved with denying the demands of one's ego, LGBT Catholics also bear the "intolerable burden" of the Church's homophobia. Such a burden is truly tragic as sexuality - gay or straight - should be recognized, embraced and lived as a blessing, not as a cross.<BR/><BR/>Also, when LGBT people accept themselves and seek to live authentically, it often causes divisions within families. Yet as you say, Jesus demands that we live lives of integrity and honesty, lives that are aligned with his spirit of liberation and truth. He clearly knew that the authentic life often makes others uncomfortable, even hostile. He, of course, paid the ultimate price for living such a life - and for encouraging others to do likewise. <BR/><BR/>Peace,<BR/><BR/>MichaelMichael J. Baylyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03087458490602152648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-52520893822124965082007-12-13T19:34:00.000-06:002007-12-13T19:34:00.000-06:00Michael, I agree with your assessment that City Pa...Michael, I agree with your assessment that City Pages coverage is probably a reflection of the general population, or at least the younger, educated, professionals who simply do not take the Catholic Church's stance seriously. And while Lavender Magazine may not always be hard hitting journalism, at least both have brought the event forward to their readers. Small successes are nonetheless successes. Maybe my threshold of success is set a bit low, however I agree that we would have hoped for more. Keep up your good work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-38843608794372431132007-12-13T15:58:00.000-06:002007-12-13T15:58:00.000-06:00By the threat of sin, you have divided parents fro...<I>By the threat of sin, you have divided parents from children, family members and members of loving communities from each other. Many of us are not affected by your words because we firmly believe that homosexual love is, as all love is, of God. But upon others who are still struggling with Roman Catholic Church teaching on this subject, you have placed an intolerable burden.</I><BR/><BR/>Here are the loving words of Jesus:<BR/>"Now great multitudes accompanied [Jesus]; and he turned and said to them, 'If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. <B>Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple.</B>'" <A HREF="http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/r/rsv/rsv-idx?type=DIV2&byte=4868315" REL="nofollow">Luke 14:25-27</A>Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10829574522791907940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-50549836457971139152007-12-13T14:19:00.000-06:002007-12-13T14:19:00.000-06:00I praise a world that has protestors in it.I praise a world that has protestors in it.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10882543653925973357noreply@blogger.com