Its a Sin

So we have some new anti discrimination laws coming in. And its going to be against the law to discriminate against homosexual persons. No problem with that. Discrimination is pretty much wrong. (except occasionally against ginger people). But it gives the Catholic church a slight problem. See, they pretty much think that Sodomy is a sin. (not just boy on boy stuff either – so for all you who like a bit of heterosexual anal, your gonna burn). Ok, forgiveness is all. Thing is, the catholic church has a number of adoption agencies. These fine institutions deal with a small percentage of our adoptions but fairly large number of the ‘difficult to place’ children. And the Catholic church has some slight reservations about placing children with same sex couples. Now, I’m not usually a fan of the Papists, but I have a certain sympathy for them in this instance. Your doing good work, trying your damdest to help some children find a better life & your told that sorry, you can only carry on doing this if your prepared to go against your basic moral principles. It seems a bit harsh. In an ideal world of course it wouldn’t be an issue. Any right minded same sex couple would presumably disagree with the church’s views but, in a respecting other peoples beliefs & live and let live kind of way, simple go to one of the many other adoption agencies available. But you know that wont happen. Someone’s going to deliberately engage in a civil partnership & then go demanding a child from a Catholic adoption agency just to make a point. Probably a tabloid journalist.

Of course, you cannot put an ‘except when’ clause in an anti discrimination law. But where does it go next. Is it discrimination if the Church does not allow a practicing Satanist to become a priest? I’ve got no answer here except that if we had a few less laws & a bit more common sense it might be a better world.