Just Kristin

Here is the invi­ta­tion: Peo­ple out there who think favor­ably the DC Arch­dio­cese’s deci­sion to with­draw char­ity assis­tance from fos­ter chil­dren and other need groups, and also to stop insur­ing their employ­ees’ spouses, all because gay mar­riage became legal: Why do you think this is right? I *know* it is legal. Don’t give me “free­dom of reli­gion” expla­na­tions, because I am aware that the arch­dio­cese is free to help whomever they wish. I am, instead, look­ing for an answer to the ques­tion posed by their choice of dogma over the core teach­ings of Christ. What I am ask­ing for, here, is your expla­na­tion of why you think Jesus, a man who dined with & washed the feet of sin­ners, sup­pos­edly for­gave all, and died for our sins would approve of the with­drawal of Church-based sup­port of the needy over a distasteful(-to-the-church) law. Tell me why Jesus would be fine with the pun­ish­ing of the mem­bers of a third party — and down­trod­den ones at that — over a sin­gle, “sin­ful” legal deci­sion on the part of the gov­ern­ment. You see, I was raised Catholic, and, despite that, even read the bible, but I missed the chap­ter and verse where Jesus denied fish and loaves to the masses because there were money-lenders in the tem­ple. I grew up spend­ing Sun­day morn­ings sit­ting in mass, singing Matthew 25:40 and think­ing that its mes­sage was a great life rule whether one believes in god or not. Its use in masses stands today as fur­ther proof of the DC Arch­dio­cese not prac­tic­ing what they preach. At any rate, please explain. Keep in mind here, that your rebut­tal should cen­ter not around the legal­ity of the Archdiocese’s actions (as your free­dom to sup­port whom you will is just as legally sup­ported in this coun­try as is the sep­a­ra­tion of church and state), but around their applic­a­bil­ity to the Archdiocese’s stand­ing as a Chris­t­ian(?) (here’s a def­i­n­i­tion) orga­ni­za­tion. As far as I can tell, the law is not forc­ing them to aban­don Chris­t­ian val­ues. They have sim­ply picked their bible verse, regard­less of the fact that in doing so they are harm­ing far, far more peo­ple than they might ever be help­ing(?), and are bound and deter­mined to fol­low it straight to heaven(?). So, you with the answers: you have as long as you need. “Jesus would approve of the DC Catholic Archdiocese’s deci­sion because… ” Go on. Discuss.