Transgendered Catholic Decries Episcopal Actions at GenCon

paul b wrote:

... You approach this in a very interesting way. You argue this from a purely physical point of view. Someone thinks that they were born with the wrong genitals, therefore the physical evidence is wrong and the mental evidence is correct. How very odd...

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Emelye Waldherr wrote:

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You're making a fundamental error here. Dan Cathy was not excoriated for his beliefs. He was roundly, and in my opinion justifiably, condemned for giving money to anti-gay hate groups ...

Joe DeCaro wrote:

from virtueonline:
"'On the one hand, I do not believe that transgenderism is something to be celebrated, any more than I would celebrate any other abnormal medical condition. It’s an ongoing hardship, no matter what treatment protocol is followed ...
"'On the other hand, being a transsexual does not give one license to live however one would. God requires us all to live honorable lives, even while we seek healing and wholeness. So the rules God set out Christian service, for ordination, for sex and marriage, apply to all of us.
"'Personally, I do not believe transsexual individuals should seek ordination. This has little to do with the individuals as such - they may be very devout and sincere. But the mere existence of the condition causes a stumbling block to other Christians. Therefore in the interests of Christian Charity, well-meaning transsexuals, as with homosexuals, should seek other ways to serve the Lord.
"'I sincerely wish that people would stop conflating these issues - medical condition versus theology versus behavior. It confuses the entire discussion, generates a great amount of heat and very little light ...'"
Amen.

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STEPHMAR wrote:

<quoted text>Joe,Trans-sexualism is a fact of life ...

Joe DeCaro wrote:

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Do you know what quotation marks mean when they surround cited text?

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STEPHMAR wrote:

<quoted text>Honestly,Joe,I do not really know.Stephenie

Joe DeCaro wrote:

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I find that hard to believe, but the quotation marks indicate that I was quoting the words of another speaker, in this instance, an anonymous transgendered Anglo-Catholic, which I excerpted from a story posted on Virtueonline (VOL).
My only response to her testimony was the "Amen" at the end of the text outside of the quotes.
BTW, you need to add a space after all your commas and periods.