For years, Roman Catholic Church leaders have driven gay congregants away in shame. And yet, thousands of ministers are gay men.— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 17, 2019
Two dozen gay priests have shared with us the stories of their lives in the Catholic closet. https://t.co/BN0Dy6Zn0i
Like the man in the White House, I've been tweeting this morning — but what preoccupies my attention is perhaps quite different from what preoccupies his. Here's a selection of tweets from this morning that, to my way of thinking, tell a certain story when they're read together.
The framing of this story by the Times is absolutely right:— πππππππ π³. π»ππππππ’ (@wdlindsy) February 18, 2019
"For years, Roman Catholic Church leaders have driven gay congregants away in shame. And yet, thousands of ministers are gay men."
But many Catholics will not like this framing, will kick against it, deny it's true. https://t.co/Xb0kjyM5Tb
In particular, they will deny that the church has for years driven away gay congregants in shame.— πππππππ π³. π»ππππππ’ (@wdlindsy) February 18, 2019
This testimony is not supposed to count.
These people are not supposed to exist.
These lives are considered negligible as we preach our "good" news and our "love."
"But Roman Catholics and Southern Baptists have something else in common. Each are controlled by all-male leadership and power structures that exclude women from decision-making and oversight." /1— πππππππ π³. π»ππππππ’ (@wdlindsy) February 18, 2019
"Only men can be Roman Catholic priests and bishops. And only men can be Southern Baptist pastors. It should not be surprising then that men dominate the oversight processes which could demand accountability and honesty." /2— πππππππ π³. π»ππππππ’ (@wdlindsy) February 18, 2019
But the tribalistic ethics governing both churches dictate that it's distasteful and forbidden to raise questions about male entitlement and control (or about race matters). Because. Because that's unfair. /3— πππππππ π³. π»ππππππ’ (@wdlindsy) February 18, 2019
Unfair to the men who run things and are ordained by God to do so, and who have arranged the conversation to be about something else altogether — like how God calls women to submit to men and LGBTQ folks not to exist. /4— πππππππ π³. π»ππππππ’ (@wdlindsy) February 18, 2019
When people entrenched in power in an embattled institution want to keep change at bay, they— πππππππ π³. π»ππππππ’ (@wdlindsy) February 18, 2019
1. Commission a study.
2. "Let's all come to the table and hear both sides."
3. Create work groups to keep studying/talking.
What they don't do
1. Change.
2. Give up power.
3. Listen.
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