Reply #18: In a recent DU poll 23% of DU Catholics [View All]

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said Ratzinger was a good choice. When I tried to get Catholics to engage on the issue of their church's anti-gay stances each and every one has refused to engage, just saying "whatever, go ahead, Catholic-bash."

The only Catholics on DU who are coming to our defense are the same Catholics who are fighting against Ratzinger. Period.

It is not usually their aggressive claims that gay people are wrong. They just don't answer the question. I had an exchange with one Catholic who said, "I'll trust the Cardinals and the Pope, thank you." (When it came to homosexuality.) When I tried to confront him by asking if he condoned the Pope's stance that homosexuals are 'instrinsically ordered towards moral evil' he said "Once again, I'll trust the Pope on this one."

Homophobes on DU have long-learned that it is easier to just SUPPORT vocal homophobes or make innuendos than it is to say that you do not support GLBT people outright. It is easier to claim that you are not a bigot and hide behind someone else's bigotry, then when you are criticized say that it is victimization.

This is the crux of the problem. The question is, are you willing to work with us on this?