PAPA don't PREACH! Gay marriage is not a threat to humanity's future.

Once again, the infallible pope gave a statement against Homosexuality. The real threat to humanity is the removal of basic human rights and that is the right to love.  I'm a believer of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in which a person will not get into self actualization or the completeness of being if he cannot get all his needs.  Please see the diagram below:

Let's say for example, a member of the LGBT community is deprived of his needs, he would not have self-esteem and be self-actualized. He would not function as an individual, or worst, as a citizen of his country. This will lead to discomfort and anxiety which will eventually be an emotional burden to that person. The church pays attention to its moral standards and do not look at the wholeness of an individual:  Psychologically, Physically, and Spiritually. 


Having said that homosexual acts are sinful, it lays a foundation of fear that what an LGBT person's actions are against the will of God and will punish him, (on the other hand, the Pope said that pedophilia is normal, when in our current society, even Psychologist would say that pedophilia is not a normal behavior). This causes confusion when it comes to what it right and what is wrong because the church is being bias to its teachings (the CBCP even accepted luxury vehicles even if they were teaching that corruption is wrong). 


According to the Pope, the family unit is fundamental for the educational process and for the development both of individuals and states; hence there is a need for policies which promote the family and aid social cohesion and dialogue. Now, who defines what a family is? The church? That a family should have a father and a mother, and children?  A family should be a principal institution bonded by love  nourishing each other with acceptance and affection. A family headed by homosexual couples can indeed be as good, or even better, as a heterosexual family if and only if there is no social and cultural stereotyping and stigma caused by the moral standards set by the catholic church and the patriarchal society.


Homosexual behavior is normal. No argument should be laid on the table because it is no longer associated to any psychological disorder or any illness, unlike prior belief since prehistoric time and the reign of patriarchy.  When it all comes down to it, the problem lies with the acceptance of the catholic church to what is considered normal in this age of advancement in human rights regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity. The church should lay their hands OFF any state policies because it kept on being a hindrance to our development as a nation, now that is a bigger threat to humanity. 






Source: 
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/gay-marriage-threat-humanitys-future-pope-200603840.html

Gay marriage a threat to humanity's future - PopeVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict said on Monday that gay marriage was one of several threats to the traditional family that undermined "the future of humanity itself".
The pope made some of his strongest comments against gay marriage in a new year address to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Vatican in which he touched on some economic and social issues facing the world today.
He told diplomats from nearly 180 countries that the education of children needed proper "settings" and that "pride of place goes to the family, based on the marriage of a man and a woman."
"This is not a simple social convention, but rather the fundamental cell of every society. Consequently, policies which undermine the family threaten human dignity and the future of humanity itself," he said.
The Vatican and Catholic officials around the world have protested against moves to legalise gay marriage in Europe and other developed parts of the world.
One leading opponent of gay marriage in the United States is New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan, whom the pope will elevate to cardinal next month.
Dolan fought against gay marriage before it became legal in New York state last June, and in September he sent a letter to President Barack Obama criticising his administration's decision not to support a federal ban on gay marriage.
In that letter Dolan, who holds the powerful post of president of the U.S. Bishops Conference, said such a policy could "precipitate a national conflict between church and state of enormous proportions."
The Roman Catholic Church, which has some 1.3 billion members worldwide, teaches that while homosexual tendencies are not sinful, homosexual acts are, and that children should grow up in a traditional family with a mother and a father.
"The family unit is fundamental for the educational process and for the development both of individuals and states; hence there is a need for policies which promote the family and aid social cohesion and dialogue," Benedict told the diplomats.
Gay marriage is legal in a number of European countries, including Spain and the Netherlands.
Some Churches that have allowed gay marriage, women priests, gay clergy and gay bishops have been losing members to Catholicism, and the Vatican has taken steps to facilitate their conversion.
In 2009, Benedict decreed that Anglicans who leave their Church, many because they feel it has become too liberal, can find a home in Catholicism in a parallel hierarchy that allows them to keep some of their traditions.
The Vatican has since set up "ordinariates," structures similar to dioceses, in Britain and the United States to oversee ex-Anglicans who have converted and be a point of contact for those wishing to do so.
(Reporting By Philip Pullella; editing by Tim Pearce)

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Caroling Againts Discrimination

The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) announces their disapproval about the inclusion of the "Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity" and want it taken out of the Anti Discrimination Bill since this will promote "Same Sex Marriages" in the Philippines and would punish Catholic Priests if they will refuse to officiate same sex weddings.

Contrary to this belief, the Anti-Discrimination Bill or Senate Bill 2814 (The Anti-Ethnic or Racial Profiling and Discrimination Act of 2011) does not include the legalization of same sex marriage hence it focuses on the equal treatment of all people regardless of their race, religion, and gender preferences.

After hearing this news, many LGBT rights advocates were disappointed with the statement of the church and wanted to start a movement againts the stand of CBCP. The passage of the Anti-Discrimination Bill is the focus of the different LGBT organizations in the Phillippines because this will lessen the oppression of the LGBT people in the country. There was a rumored Pride March that will be conducted but was not pushed through. However, the LGBT advocates, led by Ladlad Partylist, went caroling at CBCP to protest instead and carried banners saying "“All We Want For Christmas is our Human Rights.”

According to Danton Remoto, the chairman emeritus of Ladlad Partylist once said, "The CBCP’s proposition is lamentable, defective and thoughtless because it claims that being LGBT is a choice, which makes them ineligible for being protected under the law." The LGBT organizations promises to continue in their different rallies to ensure that the sexual orientation and gender identity be included in the Anti-Discrimination Bill despite the resistance from the Catholic Church.

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The CBCP has done it again. Yes, the major source of bigotry, discrimination and heterosexism has released another statement againts the LGBT Community with regards to the law that we have been lobbying for years which would greatly lessen the oppression of the LGBT people in our country. They are the reason why we are marginalized. And can't they accept the fact the we did not choose to be who we are. The only option we had is to hide from the truth or express the real us.

With their type of logic, I might regard Harry Potter & Twilight as my source of moral standards. And again, can't they put their religion out of the picture when it comes to laws and human rights when in fact.

 from: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/106981/cbcp-wants-anti-discrimination-bill-cleansed-of-provisions-on-gay-rights

CBCP wants anti-discrimination bill cleansed of provisions on gay rights

By Niña Calleja
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines—The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is now training its guns on the anti-discrimination bill, saying the possible enactment of the bill into law would open the door for the legalization of same sex marriages.
Speaking at a weekly forum in Greenhills, San Juan City, on Wednesday, lawyers of the CBCP and a Catholic bishop hit the Senate for amending the previous version of the anti-discrimination bill or the Senate Bill 2814.
The Senate has recently passed on third reading the bill which is after penalizing all forms of discrimination.
The SB 2814, known as Anti-Ethnic, Racial or Religious Discrimination and Profiling Act of 2011, will be discussed by a bicameral conference committee tasked to harmonize the Senate bill with similar bills passed by the House.
Ronald Reyes, a lawyer of the CBCP, said they had no qualms about the bill before but became concerned when the bill was amended and “sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity” were included.
“It’s opening the door for same sex marriages, which our country doesn’t allow,” Reyes told reporters.
He said the Catholic church, which would not officiate same sex marriages, might be punished if the bill became law.
“This is alarming and it might change our society,” Reyes said.
Another CBCP lawyer Jo Imbong said the LGBT (lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender) should not be considered the same as the elderly, the handicapped, and the poor.
“These people are disadvantaged not by their own choice. But the third sex, they choose this. How can you give protection to a choice like that?” Imbong said.
Imbong said the bill violated religious freedom and the “no prior restraint” accorded by the law to freedom of speech.
“The government may not penalize a religious organization for … excluding a person from Church responsibilities, for example, based upon that person’s moral behavior which could include the practice or promotion of homosexuality,” she said.
The bill would hinder the Church from teaching what it believed to be right or wrong, Imbong said.
The lawyer noted that under the bill, the priest who refused to officiate same sex marriages may be fined with P500,000 and jailed for 25 years.
Antipolo Bishop Gabriel Reyes said the Episcopal Commission on Family and Life of the CBCP has been appealing to the Senate and the House of Representatives to exclude the LGBT from the bill.

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