“If only we would let football coaches marry....”
Yes, I always thought that was SUCH a stupid “argument” made about Priests. Firstly because look how many married people are caught doing these things, Sandusky is just the latest example, would that he would be the last, but I doubt it. Secondly, the argument for marriage by Priests only makes sense if you are talking about a Priest having an affair with a grown woman. Of course that happens and it may be a sin, but it isn’t a crime, unless she’s married to someone, then it’s adultery.
Stupidity is not prevalent as is malevolence. No less abhorrent than the actual molestation of our most precious gift, our children, is the continuing exploitation of these victims for secular and political gains. This is no different than those who would speak out against abortion but would make personal from the commercial use of aborted fetuses.
Most notable is the Freeper who has posted numerous threads attempting to link and further condemn the Church with the scandal at Penn State yet he has not yet publicly condemned the coaches, administrators and apologists for the actual deeds. A review of his posts shows that when he mentions them at all it is in statements complimenting them for their handling of the situation.
Instead he has railed endlessly against the sins of the Church in his endless and futile quest to destroy the it.
"“Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: “‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me."" - Mark 7:6