La protesta dei gay credenti nei confronti dei Vescovi americani



Catholics for a Free Choice Supports Demands of
Gay and Lesbian Catholics

Washington, DC-Catholics for a Free Choice today expressed its support for
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered Catholics protesting against
discrimination in the Catholic church. CFFC joins Dignity-a group of gay
and lesbian Catholics-and the interfaith movement Soulforce at the National
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception where they will protest during the
National Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting in Washington, DC, on
November 13.

"The message will be loud and clear to the bishops that it is time to
reexamine how the church hierarchy treats gay and lesbian people in the
church. It is time to start practicing what we preach and start behaving
like a family of God," said CFFC President Frances Kissling, adding, "Church
leaders have to stop treating members of the gay community as though they
were second-class Catholics."

CFFC fully endorses the three demands posed to the bishops by Dignity and
Soulforce, namely:

* To end church policies that prohibit Dignity chapters from meeting on
church property;
* To end church policies that prohibit priests from celebrating Mass for
members of Dignity;
* To foster open communication in the church by appointing a committee of
clergy and laity to reexamine the Vatican's teachings against gays and
lesbians.

Kissling noted the link between the struggles of gay Catholics and that of
women in the church, stating, "The hierarchy's inability to respect sexual
decisions made by men and women and its inability to respect reproductive
decisions made by women leads to teachings that openly discriminate against
Catholic lay people of good faith."