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Related: About this forumCatholic church denies that preventing transgender man from being a Godparent is 'discrimination'
http://www.sdgln.com/news/2015/07/29/catholic-church-denies-preventing-transgender-man-being-godparent-discriminationHowever, they do not find their argument to be discriminatory.The diocese says that. in responding to the petition they received from Salinas to be a godparent at the baptism, the priest maintained a "cordial conversation" with him, indicating that he must fulfill the requisites stated in the Code of Canon Law which requires that any godfather or godmother at a baptism "be Catholic, be confirmed, have received the holy sacrament of the Eucharist and, at the same time, live a life congruent with faith and the mission they are assuming."
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"To the church, I am still a woman, even though my documents of identification have changed," explained Alex Salinas, who wants the diocese to reconsider their decision, which he took "as a kick in the stomach" because he is a "firm believer."
Salinas, who since February of last year has had the I.D. of a man and is on a waiting list for a gender confirmation surgery, does not understand the Church's refusal to let him be a godparent to his sister's son.
See the way it works is, discrimination with a smile isn't really discrimination!
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)HFRN
(1,469 posts)meaning, you don't want church making decisions in roles of state, then it has to go both ways - godparent is a church role
make an exception, set a precedent
trotsky
(49,533 posts)Doesn't mean the rest of us can't express our disapproval and disgust.
Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)skepticscott
(13,029 posts)Some here think that if it doesn't affect us directly, we should just shut the fuck up and not care.
mr blur
(7,753 posts)that a fundamentally ignorant and bigoted group continues, proudly, to be ignorant and bigoted, does it?
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)Therefore they are subject to things like no discrimination and such. Or they should be.
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)No really, that's what I've read here.
From the folks who defend the defenders of "traditional" marriage from teh gays.
Because we know how much the RCC needs to be protected from its critics.
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)Where have i heard it before?
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Anyone baptizing their child in the Catholic church should be aware of the bigoted laws of the Church.