W E D N E S D A Y , A U G U S T 1 0 , 2 0 0 5Catholic Church Sinks To New Lowby Michael in New York on 8/10/2005 03:49:00 PMI don't know how I missed this.</p><p> But apparently Catholic leadersin Canada are angry that the country won't adapt its ownreligious precepts as the law of the land and keep gays andlesbians as second class citizens.</p><p> So what do they do? Threatento refuse to baptize babies with gay and lesbian parents.</p><p> That'sright, Cardinal Quellet promises to deny baptism to an innocentbaby because he thinks the parents are evil.</p><p> The Advocate hasan impassioned essay on this.</p><p> As the writer puts it, the childrenof murderers can be baptized.</p><p> The children of rapists can bebaptized.</p><p> The children of child molesters can be baptized.</p><p> Butthe children of gays and lesbians? No.</p><p> After Cardinal Quellethas read that essay, he might want to reflect on this passage:"The soul that sinneth, it shall die.</p><p> The son shall not bear theiniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquityof the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be uponhim, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him."-- Ezekiel 18:20 (KJV) MORE POSTS ABOUT: CATHOLIC CHURCH Tupelo Mom HadYELLOW TeethLearn the trick,discovered by a mom,to turn yellow teethwhite.</p><p> Explore Now...</p><p> Earn YourMaster's in ITBachelor DegreeRequired For Master’sin IT Degree Explore Now...</p><p> Add New CommentYou are commenting as a Guest.</p><p> You may select one to log into: Logged in as Logout from DISQUSLogged in asusing Facebook Connect (Logout)Type your comment here.</p><p> Use Media ▼Community Page Subscribe by email Matthew YglesiasBlogging as a Vocation - Alyssa Rosenberg onbeing a writer: My experience has been, as DanielStrauss says, that people become artists, or in thecase of journalists, artisans (I ...4 minutes ago Ben SmithRegrets, sort of - 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