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True Dough

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Mon Oct 1, 2018, 01:39 PM Oct 2018

Minister who "likes" friend's gay marriage on Facebook gets FIRED! [View all]

Last edited Mon Oct 1, 2018, 02:28 PM - Edit history (1)

Fucking outrageous! It's 2018! Even the pontiff has reportedly said:

“Juan Carlos, that you are gay does not matter. God made you like that and loves you like this and I don’t care. The Pope loves you like this. You have to be happy with who you are.”

and “If someone is gay and is looking for the Lord, who am I to judge him? You should not discriminate against or marginalise these people.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pope-francis-god-made-gay-homosexuality-vatican-catholic-church-sex-abuse-chile-juan-carlos-cruz-a8360421.html


So what is this bullshit???

A report from an ABC affiliate reveals that a campus minister for the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland lost his job after he “liked” a friend’s post about their same-sex marriage.

Keith Kozak was a campus minister at Cleveland State University. He claims that “liking” the friend’s post, as well as a 2017 post at another friend’s same-sex wedding, triggered the termination.

“I really wasn’t even thinking about it at the time, that it would be anything detrimental,” Kozak told WEWS TV about the incident “[It] really feels discouraging that this is still happening.”

Kozak was questioned by his supervisor and a member of the Diocese’s human resources team about a week ago. While he initially assumed it might be about an expected promotion, the questioning quickly turned to his social media.

“They sat me down and they said we had seen some things on Facebook and Twitter and that would like to talk to you about that,” said Kozak. “The very next day, I received a letter that said I was terminated,” he added.


https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/catholic-minister-fired-liking-friends-marriage-post/
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And there you are. Literalism in interpreting dogma. MineralMan Oct 2018 #1
He wasn't a priest zipplewrath Oct 2018 #2
Priests can certainly be fired SCantiGOP Oct 2018 #4
Defrocked zipplewrath Oct 2018 #8
I don't think that's clear, really. MineralMan Oct 2018 #7
First line zipplewrath Oct 2018 #9
Journalists are not necessarily precise with religious language. MineralMan Oct 2018 #11
I'll agree with that zipplewrath Oct 2018 #12
Ironically had he raped a child he could keep his job Major Nikon Oct 2018 #3
Damn, so true! True Dough Oct 2018 #5
Nah zipplewrath Oct 2018 #10
He should have sued, claiming Religious Freedom. nt TwistOneUp Oct 2018 #6
Pay close attention to what Bergoglio said. trotsky Oct 2018 #13
Good points! True Dough Oct 2018 #14
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