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- From: lip@s1.gov (Loren I. Petrich)
- Subject: Re: So Forgach Supports Shutting Down Catholic masses
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- References: <C19po4.87y@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <1993Jan22.211348.18894@s1.gov> <1993Jan22.214302.24837@wam.umd.edu>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 02:08:40 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.214302.24837@wam.umd.edu> aap@wam.umd.edu (Alberto Adolfo Pinkas) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan22.211348.18894@s1.gov> lip@s1.gov (Loren I. Petrich) writes:
- : In article <C19po4.87y@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> creps@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Stephen A. Creps) writes:
- : >In article <1993Jan21.213023.24642@advtech.uswest.com> steven@advtech.uswest.com ( Steve Novak) writes:
- : : The pope,
- : >...
- : : continues
- : : to treat women of the church like second-class citizens.
-
- : > How?
-
- : By not allowing women to have the opportunity to have
- : leadership positions. Will a woman ever be a priest? Bishop?
- : Archbishop? Cardinal? Pope?
-
- >If women can become priests, bishops, archbishop, cardinals or popes,
- >they will not be having the same opportunities as men, but they
- >will be taken as men.
-
- Bullshit. Women in other occupations still stay biologically
- female.
-
- >There is a small confusion between being treated equally and erasing
- >the natural differences between them.
- >If a man can carry a baby to term, he is a woman and not a man.
- >So, the church, as an institution, has posts which are for men and
- >posts which are for women.
-
- But is it truly "separate but equal" or is it "separate and
- unequal"? The latter is the case, since women are excluded from all
- critical decision-making posts.
-
- : I don't think I'd want to bother the Church about this sort of
- : thing if I could possibly avoid it, but if they meddle in others'
- : lives, then I think that they are fair game. As the saying goes, your
- : rights end where my nose begins.
- >
- >So, because the Church does something which is wrong, you have the
- >right to do the same thing to them
- >Great!
-
- --
- /Loren Petrich, the Master Blaster
- /lip@s1.gov
-