tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post256070521582487962..comments2024-03-21T04:02:46.799-07:00Comments on Little Catholic Bubble: Quick Takes, wherein you will learn of my Achilles' HeelLeila@LittleCatholicBubblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09357573787143230160noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-65574642503139957882012-06-25T20:15:22.913-07:002012-06-25T20:15:22.913-07:00Michelle, I never knew so many gay parents were cl...Michelle, I never knew so many gay parents were clamoring to go and get him? And remember, it's the <i>formerly-Soviet atheist nations</i> who do not allow gay parents. Again, how do you account for that, since being against homosexual acts and homosexual "marriage" is (according to the left) merely a religious belief, like the Trinity or the Sacraments? Does not compute.<br /><br />And I still can't let go that you could look at a murdered baby girl in her casket and still not be able to decide if she was a human being who deserved love, or if she was a piece of trash. You could not decide, because you didn't have enough information on why the adults in her life had killed her.<br /><br />Thanks! I am so looking forward to taking this break! (Especially after the pictures I saw of the "gay pride" parade in NYC yesterday. Lord, have mercy. And people let <i>children</i> attend by the hundreds or even thousands, and yet the sexual left insists they don't believe in sexualizing children? Puh-leease.)Leila@LittleCatholicBubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357573787143230160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-79700771917794292672012-06-25T19:48:59.676-07:002012-06-25T19:48:59.676-07:00At least Andrew doesn't have to suffer the hor...At least Andrew doesn't have to suffer <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u67v7wParas&feature=relmfu" rel="nofollow">the horror of gay parents</a>. In comparison, the crib doesn't look so bad, huh? (I'm not sure I'm ever going to be able to let this go...)<br /><br />Inundated with work at the moment, so I probably won't be back for a while. Hope your upcoming month off is good and productive!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-74326868293559462792012-06-25T19:14:52.455-07:002012-06-25T19:14:52.455-07:00PS: I would not want to work for an environmental ...PS: I would not want to work for an environmental organization. I would not expect them or want them to hire me, and I would not sue them (in a "set up", as some of these lawsuits against conservatives go) to force them to hire me. They can do what they want. I'm cool with that.Leila@LittleCatholicBubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357573787143230160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-3813567461483714082012-06-25T19:13:28.713-07:002012-06-25T19:13:28.713-07:00I think its actually the Constitution that has to ...I think its actually the Constitution that has to "apply to everyone" and to which our laws must be <i>subordinate</i>. So, no one is to prohibit my free exercise of Catholicism, not even the government. In fact, the government in this nation was established to <i>protect</i> my freedom of religion… it's the first thing mentioned in the Bill of Rights for a reason. And, freedom of religion, by the way, is not confined to "freedom of worship". Never has been, never will be. <br /><br />As to whether or not your scenario is a "bad idea"… I think a lot of decisions of businesses are bad ideas. Lots. But the question is whether or not a religious entity has to do what the government says in these matters, or if religious freedom is paramount. So, is environmentalism a religion? What religion is it? And, even though I don't believe it's a religion, I do think that generally speaking, a private business has the right to decide for themselves who they hire and fire. Otherwise, we are not really free, are we? If the government dictates all aspects of how we run our businesses, and who we can hire, etc.? I find it problematic. There is a private sector and a public sector in life, no? Or is everything now under the thumb of the federal gov't? <br /><br />Interesting questions, different philosophies.Leila@LittleCatholicBubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357573787143230160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-52437341039243124612012-06-25T19:02:46.779-07:002012-06-25T19:02:46.779-07:00Eh I don’t know. Laws have to apply to everyone no...Eh I don’t know. Laws have to apply to everyone not just Catholics and practically speaking a system that allowed companies to discriminate based on a persons ‘sexual vices’ would just fail child-bearing-age women.<br /><br />I work for a major corporation and have sat in on hiring meetings. It’s illegal to ask women anything about the number of children to have or intend to have. Frankly if it wasn’t illegal to discriminate against new mothers everyone would. From a business perspective they are the worst-they are more distracted, have more excuses and are less ambitious. Coping with maternity leave is just a complete pain in the butt for a company, especially a small one. <br /><br />I don’t know how we would determine if a company had a genuine moral opposition to an issue or just didn’t want to deal with a certain predicament (like maternity leave because it was expensive. <br /><br />Furthermore such legislation seems anti-prolife. I am sure there are a lot of environmental organizations that think a woman who has more than 2 children is living immorally and irresponsibly, Do you think it would be permissible for a company to have a one-child policy and fire anyone who was pregnant with a second child because their actions were antithetical to the employers belief system? I think it is a bad idea. <br />~CSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-27982190982972365692012-06-24T19:49:13.697-07:002012-06-24T19:49:13.697-07:00So companies cannot fire women who are pregnant th...<i>So companies cannot fire women who are pregnant through mortal sin. Nor can they refuse to hire someone who is using contraception, which is a mortal sin.</i><br /><br />Interesting question with real life applications. If a Catholic school teacher is hired to educate and uphold the Christians values that the school espouses, should that school be allowed to fire the first grade teacher who is pregnant out of wedlock? Or what about the male teacher who is living with his girlfriend openly? Or the teacher (male or female) who volunteers at Planned Parenthood on the weeknights and weekends? Do you believe that citizens should have the freedom to hire and fire those who do not represent one's company or organization in the way in which the company wishes to be represented?<br /><br />There is a woman teacher in a Catholic school who went through multiple IVF treatments. She was fired. I'm pretty sure she had signed a statement upon being hired that she would uphold the school's Catholic values. IVF is a mortal sin. Sad that we even have to deal with those types of situations, but I believe the school has a right to hire teachers who submit to Church teaching, and to let them go when they violate the school's mandate and principles. <br /><br />I think some anti-discrimination laws are appropriate and others are not. I am not a lawyer, and so that's as far as I can intelligently discuss the law. It's not my area. :)Leila@LittleCatholicBubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357573787143230160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-489296458252519422012-06-24T19:31:10.130-07:002012-06-24T19:31:10.130-07:00Well, absent a conscience and an innate sense of t...Well, absent a conscience and an innate sense of the natural law, I don't know why any secular person would care what anyone does sexually. It seems like it should be a free for all, and whatever is pleasurable should rule the day.<br /><br />Just remember, no one used to take this homosexuality movement seriously, either. It used to be called "the 'love' that dare not speak its name". Now, we have just moved on to the next thing down the line. Progressive.Leila@LittleCatholicBubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357573787143230160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-36250916468464468242012-06-24T19:10:17.526-07:002012-06-24T19:10:17.526-07:00Yes I will be, I guess..
call it naive but I am j...Yes I will be, I guess..<br /><br />call it naive but I am just unable to take this beastiality thing seriously. I am not even particularly repulsed by it because it is so out there. It strives me as more bizarre (like the balloon guy) than harmful <br /><br />~CSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-4818086117789399942012-06-24T18:10:02.623-07:002012-06-24T18:10:02.623-07:00Yes, CS, they want acceptance from society. Whethe...Yes, CS, they want acceptance from society. Whether they want "marriage" next is yet to be seen. The first step is always tolerance, then acceptance. Of course you don't want it tied to the gay rights movement. But you are way too young to have witnessed that this is the same path that the homosexual rights proponents took, starting a few decades ago.<br /><br />You said: "There is nothing seeking anyone from trying to get public acceptance for anything and nothing stopping the public from administering it or without holding it at all, so I am not offended if a group petitions for it, also not offended if they denied"<br /><br />Yes, but are you offended if they get it?Leila@LittleCatholicBubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357573787143230160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-57191455607758485972012-06-24T18:07:32.016-07:002012-06-24T18:07:32.016-07:00“But every disordered sexual act is a mortal sin, ...“But every disordered sexual act is a mortal sin, and none should be protected as a "civil right" or a "protected class" -- unless you want the others to follow suit (which they will).”<br /><br />So companies cannot fire women who are pregnant through mortal sin. Nor can they refuse to hire someone who is using contraception, which is a mortal sin.<br /><br />I take it you dislike these laws? People committing mortal sexual sins like divorce, single motherhood, contraception, adultery should not be protected against discrimination right? <br /><br />~CSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-9168573491663564152012-06-24T17:57:41.619-07:002012-06-24T17:57:41.619-07:00I think the adoption story is amazing! Praise God ...I think the adoption story is amazing! Praise God for the birth parents loving their baby enough to chose life! Praise God for the adoptive parents loving their daughter enough to give her a amazing childhood! <br />I love stories like this!!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13945557532523757433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-24480260629877661602012-06-24T17:57:19.139-07:002012-06-24T17:57:19.139-07:00“Well, like you said, it's complicated. If we ...“Well, like you said, it's complicated. If we can use them for what we need on the farm, then why not use them for what we need sexually?.... Again, consent is not necessary to use animals. Beating them, torture, yes. But what about heavy petting?”<br /><br />Couple things. Animal use might not require consent but sex does and always has, so I guess we’d have to qualify where or not sex with an animal was fundamentally animal use or fundamentally sex. I <br /><br />But again what do the bestiality people want from the rest of us. I do not have particularly strong feelings already developed about bestiality. Do most people? I think it’s weird but I don’t feel like need to bust down peoples doors and arrest them for it. If they keep it to themselves I imagine there is little fallout, so they are asking for what, public acceptance?<br /><br />There is nothing seeking anyone from trying to get public acceptance for anything and nothing stopping the public from administering it or without holding it at all, so I am not offended if a group petitions for it, also not offended if they denied <br /><br />Legal protection? Well if you think sex with an animal is fundamentally sex and that sex requires consent and any zoophile is a rapist and thus criminal I can’t see why anyone would expect legal protection to commit a crime. <br />~CSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-6880488376788348342012-06-24T17:54:54.880-07:002012-06-24T17:54:54.880-07:00Leila,
I don’t want the bestiality and pedophile...Leila, <br /><br />I don’t want the bestiality and pedophile movement tied with the gay rights movement because I think its non-sensical (and offensive) not because I am frightened people will see them as near equals. <br /><br />I barely understand your objective in conflating the two<br /><br />When you talk about how these folks want what the gay’s have are you talking about marriage?<br /><br />Because I really don’t understand how anyone can argue that parties that don’t have the capacity to contract can enter into a marriage contract. <br /><br />If you are asking what is keeping us from redefining who can contract, the same thing that is keeping us from changing most laws we have, nothing, or at least not more than the house and senate.<br /><br />So it seems like a mute point. What is keeping us from changing laws? Only law making process.<br />~CSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-5562356552761041362012-06-24T17:45:58.304-07:002012-06-24T17:45:58.304-07:00Whoa.. Dominique and her sister Jen's story is...Whoa.. Dominique and her sister Jen's story is just wild!! It speaks to the power of adoption too... I mean, what a blessing that Jen was able to be raised by a family that truly loved her and valued her. It's just sad Dominique could not have experienced a similarly loving home.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04966555296621723142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-83416378056200657052012-06-24T16:25:56.521-07:002012-06-24T16:25:56.521-07:00Also, not only is the bestiality crowd talking abo...Also, not only is the bestiality crowd talking about it, but the secular media is, too (that's where I got my link). I can see why most of you on the sexual left really wish no one would talk about it. But, it's there and it's not going away now. It's only going to grow in popularity as different sexual disorders get more rights and approval. They want their day in the sun, their total acceptance and approval by society, too.Leila@LittleCatholicBubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357573787143230160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-81981339937277088332012-06-24T16:23:32.122-07:002012-06-24T16:23:32.122-07:00Still what exactly is the objective of talking abo...<i>Still what exactly is the objective of talking about bestiality?</i><br /><br />Actually, CS, I didn't start talking about it, the bestiality people did. They want their special rights, too, just like other sexual orientations. They feel cheated. After all, they believe they were born that way and that it's a gift. They will likely keep talking about it, and gaining support, just like the pedophilia folks and the gay folks before them. Again, I am not equating the different disorders as being equal. They are not equal. Pedophilia is much more serious than homosexuality, for example, but every disordered sexual act is a mortal sin, and none should be protected as a "civil right" or a "protected class" -- unless you want the others to follow suit (which they will).Leila@LittleCatholicBubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357573787143230160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-90572213805918344162012-06-24T16:19:02.896-07:002012-06-24T16:19:02.896-07:00If a party does not have the capacity to consent t...<i>If a party does not have the capacity to consent they can’t enter into a contract or sexual arrangement, children and animals can do neither. </i><br /><br />Hmmm, well, there are plenty of people who say that they can. They are trying to lower the age of consent laws. When they succeed, what will you say then?<br /><br />Also, you have said that consent is not the sole criterion of the good (if I remember correctly). I know you generally like to speak only in terms of legality and not morality, but I talk of morality on this blog pretty heavily. Do we agree that consent alone does not suddenly make an act moral? Meaning, once the law states that certain children or animals <i>can</i> consent, it wouldn't make the sex acts moral, right? There's a little something more to morality than that, right?Leila@LittleCatholicBubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357573787143230160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-87823795611270398582012-06-24T16:14:07.038-07:002012-06-24T16:14:07.038-07:00I would really stick to polygamy as a parallel to ...<i>I would really stick to polygamy as a parallel to gay marriage and leave this pedophilia and bestiality thing alone.</i><br /><br />ha ha, thanks CS, I am sure you <i>do</i> wish I would leave pedophilia and bestiality out of it, but even the pedophilia and bestiality proponents won't do that, so we have to deal with it. It's all a part of the discussion of ordered sexual acts vs. disordered sexual acts, and then progressive normalization of the latter.<br /><br />Anyway, my blog, my choice. <br /><br />You are all about choice, right? ;)<br /><br /><i>Animal abuse. Legally humans have a complicated relationship with animals. We can slaughter cows en mass but go to jail for making dogs fight. Rape would fall under the category of animal abuse.</i><br /><br />Well, like you said, it's complicated. If we can use them for what we need on the farm, then why not use them for what we need sexually? It's actually more pleasurable for them, after all. The zoophiles treat them with love and tenderness. They love the animals, and do not wish to harm them. Again, consent is not necessary to use animals. Beating them, torture, yes. But what about heavy petting?Leila@LittleCatholicBubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357573787143230160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-80309730254700221282012-06-24T15:21:16.421-07:002012-06-24T15:21:16.421-07:00Still what exactly is the objective of talking abo...Still what exactly is the objective of talking about bestiality? Do you want more legal roadblocks, or just increased stigma against bestiality or perhaps stigma against non-procreative sex generally?<br /><br />Because while most people think bestiality is gross I don’t think most people want to waste their tax monies on a special victims unit for cows. I once saw an episode of strange sex about a man who loves sex with balloons, while sorta weird, I don’t think there is a big move to illegalize or even really comment on his fetish. Society has the discernment to get involved when men have sex with babies and not when he copulates with a balloon, for reasons I would think would be obvious <br /><br /><br />~CSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-10082760454300864342012-06-24T15:00:44.323-07:002012-06-24T15:00:44.323-07:00I would really stick to polygamy as a parallel to ...I would really stick to polygamy as a parallel to gay marriage and leave this pedophilia and bestiality thing alone.<br /><br />Consent is required for sex<br />Consent is required for marriage<br /><br />If a party does not have the capacity to consent they can’t enter into a contract or sexual arrangement, children and animals can do neither. <br /><br />(And if someone brings up "consent", I will say that we can legally kill animals and make them servants, without "consent"… so why would we need to get consent for sex acts?<br /><br />Animal abuse. Legally humans have a complicated relationship with animals. We can slaughter cows en mass but go to jail for making dogs fight. Rape would fall under the category of animal abuse.<br /><br />~CSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-64851420092590956982012-06-24T07:00:35.109-07:002012-06-24T07:00:35.109-07:00A Man for All Seasons is so awesome. I wonder wha...A Man for All Seasons is so awesome. I wonder what's become of the Best Picture award? Man for All Seasons. Titanic. Hmmm. Anywho, if you came away from that movie thinking "Gee that Paul Scofield has a wonderfully lulling voice. I could listen to him read the NY phone book!" then get Focus on the Family Radio Theatre's presentation of The Chronicles of Narnia, narrated by Scofield. Listen to it in your car and I guarantee, you'll be late.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12365082399356886167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-23444990358178610372012-06-23T21:31:33.441-07:002012-06-23T21:31:33.441-07:00I really enjoy your quick takes. I love Dominique ...I really enjoy your quick takes. I love Dominique M. I love gymnastics!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-66844117669277817192012-06-23T16:27:24.542-07:002012-06-23T16:27:24.542-07:00Deltaflute, I agree!!!
And Catholic Mutt, this is...Deltaflute, I agree!!!<br /><br />And Catholic Mutt, this is exactly right:<br /><br /><i>Since they affirmed contraception but not homosexual relationships, they did not have a leg to stand on.</i>Leila@LittleCatholicBubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357573787143230160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-45626325756928337512012-06-23T15:14:16.868-07:002012-06-23T15:14:16.868-07:00I stood in a crowd one time for a group that was a...I stood in a crowd one time for a group that was against gay marriage, and I left disgusted and nauseous. The reason being is that there was no compassion for people that have same sex attraction, and all they could offer at the time was a few Bible verses here and there. I have long said that a few Bible verses are a cold, cold comfort on a lonely night. The thing that frustrated me to no end is that it was a lot of people who would have affirmed contraception. Since they affirmed contraception but not homosexual relationships, they did not have a leg to stand on. On the other hand, had they recognized that sex should be both life giving and love giving, they would have been able to turn to science and other great resources.<br /><br />While I'm glad that most people are still opposed to zoophilia and pedophilia, they are without a leg to stand on when trying to explain why they should oppose this and not all the other problems (basically any kind of sex that is outside of a marriage between one man and one woman and that is open to life.)<br /><br />All of this to say, yeah, Leila, totally agree!Catholic Mutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10254315970336710941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-67443035114885977972012-06-23T14:47:38.466-07:002012-06-23T14:47:38.466-07:00Oh, Dominque's Dad is a really class A-hole! ...Oh, Dominque's Dad is a really class A-hole! He gave one of his daughters up for adoption because he didn't want a handi-capped child. Okay...I get it. The giving up for adoption thing was a plus. But I don't understand how a man can call himself a father and cold-heartedly give up a daughter without letting his wife hold her. As a mother, I would have walked out of the room with the baby and out of that monster's life.<br /><br />I bet he was abusing the whole family. The blessing here is that Jen never had to meet that SOB.<br /><br />Oh, and yeah bestiality. Gross!!!!!Deltaflutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00489950329698009256noreply@blogger.com