Quote Originally Posted by Alex Bragi
Last September a predominantly gay New Orleans church was kicked out of a Catholic HIV/AIDS residential facility after the Catholic Archdiocese learned members support same-sex marriage. The Metropolitan Community Church of Greater New Orleans was told August 4 it had 90 days to vacate its temporary space at the Project Lazarus complex, an AIDS hospice that is overseen by the Catholic Church. MCC and the Catholic Church entered into a one-year lease agreement in May for the MCC, a church founded specifically for gay people, to worship at the Catholic facility. But according to an Archdiocese spokesperson, after the contract was signed and more inquiries were made into the MCC, the Catholic Church learned of its stance in support of same-sex marriage and decided to terminate the contract.
No . . . no. . . no. It's one thing for the Catholic Church to exclude homosexuals from their houses of worship if they want, but it's quite another for it to discriminate when running an AIDS Hospice. When a church is engaging in the normal business of a church, it has the right to discriminate on religous grounds. But when a church is engaging in an essentially secular enterprise, it should have to follow the same rules as any of its secular counterparts. If the Chruch of Not Liking Black People wants to exclude black people from their services, fine. If that same Church wants to operate a hospital, then it shouldn't be able to exclude black people any more than any other hospital.

The problem is that in most states (contrary to popular belief) it is perfectly legal to discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation. I would explain why I think that's wrong, but on this board I think I'd preaching to the choir (excuse the pun).