Comments on: Purple Priestly Prose in the ProJo

By: klaus

klaus — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:32:10 +0000

A couple of things.

People like the Rev Kiley are opposed to birth control. Bascially, they oppose the whole concept that anyone can have sex w/o the possibility of procreation. Their essential purpose is to prohibit sexuality.

“Better to marry, than to burn with lust.” Good ol’ St Paul. Such a jolly fellow.

And, I’ve said this before. Marriage is a legal issue, not a religious one. The minister says ‘by the power vested in me by the state of….’ rather than the power vested by God.

Marriage is concerned about property. Don’t beleive that? Try getting divorced. The acrimony is all about who gets what. Our notion of marriage derived from agricultural conditions, and became necessary to determine who got the land. It predates the Christian church by millenia.

As such, how marriage is defined is a purely secular issue. If religions want to add a layer of sanctity, fine. But religion cannot define the legal framework, any more than the General Assembly can legislate Catholic doctrine.

By: rhody

rhody — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:47:42 +0000

Father Kiley has a future writing potboilers like Father Andrew Greeley.

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:20:52 +0000

“The female can certainly accept the male’s fertilizing donation into her productive anatomy.”
Whew. I haven’t heard this kind of language since 6th grade health class.
And does this mean the reverend is endorsing artificial insemination?

By: Roy Fischer

Roy Fischer — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:22:10 +0000

Is it, then, a sin if a man marries a woman who is past monopause, or has had her ovaries surgically removed?
I know a man who lost one testicle to cancer, and the other to a car accident. He then got married. He takes testosterone and he and his wife adopted their children. Is that marriage a sin?

By: Kiersten Marek

Kiersten Marek — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:29:20 +0000

“In an interracial marriage the male can certainly place his life-giving fluids into the female’s fruitful organs.”

Excuse me? I almost choked on my morning coffee while reading this. Wow.

Great post, Nancy!