Making Trans People the Enemy Was Another Vatican Mistake

[stephaniec]

Making Trans People the Enemy Was Another Vatican Mistake

http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2015/9/11/making-trans-people-enemy-was-another-vatican-mistake

The Advocate/By Marianne Duddy-Burke September 11 2015 6:15 AM EDT

"The Vatican recently announced that it is "impossible to allow" transgender people to be godparents. In the warped logic of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, identifying as transgender "reveals in a public way an attitude opposite to the moral imperative of solving the problem of sexual identity according to the truth of one's own sexuality."

This ruling was handed down when Alex Salinas, a Spanish man who had been assigned female identity at birth, sought to become his nephew's godfather. The local bishop originally agreed, but then asked for advice from the Vatican. The Vatican stated, "It is evident that this person does not possess the requirement of leading a life according to the faith and in the position of godfather and is therefore unable to be admitted to the position of godfather or godmother."

[Paige]

Sometimes religion is really a downer.  This is one of those times.

Paige

[Lady Smith]

Sometimes religion is really a downer.  This is one of those times.

Paige

This +1

[VeryGnawty]

Religion makes a lot of mistakes.  We'll add this one to the growing list.

[FreyasRedemption]

Excuse me, "religion"? The word you were looking for is "Catholic Christianity".
It's not right to blame the very concept of religion for the flaws of one faith. Even if said faith happens to be the widest-spread religion in the world.