"Francis knows that he has to move on the church's stance, and that he will only be able to do this at the cost of a ruthless battle against all those who use sexual morality and homophobia to conceal their own hypocrisies and double lives," Martel writes.īut the book's Feb. Church doctrine holds that gays are to be treated with respect and dignity, but that homosexual acts are "intrinsically disordered." Martel appears to want to bolster Francis' efforts at reforming the Vatican by discrediting his biggest critics and removing the secrecy and scandal that surrounds homosexuality in the church. The Vatican didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. He said it was easier for him, as a gay foreigner, to gain the trust of those inside the Vatican than it would have been for an Italian journalist or Vatican expert. But he said it should have been obvious to them since he is a gay man who was researching the inner world of the Vatican and has written about homosexuality before. In an interview Friday in a Paris hotel, Martel said he didn't tell his subjects he was writing about homosexuality in the Vatican. He says the doors were opened by a key Vatican gatekeeper and friend of Pope Francis who was the subject of the pontiff's famous remark about gay priests, "Who am I to judge?" Martel writes that he spent four years researching it in 30 countries, including weeks at a time living inside the Vatican walls. In the explosive book, "In the Closet of the Vatican," author Frederic Martel describes a gay subculture at the Vatican and calls out the hypocrisy of Catholic bishops and cardinals who in public denounce homosexuality but in private lead double lives.Īside from the subject matter, the book is astonishing for the access Martel had to the inner sanctum of the Holy See. Gay activists were upset, saying, "There are more gays than Jews in this country, why don't they ban the Jews from burning the flag? He added, by the way, we have our own gay flag and they can't stop us from burning it.PARIS (AP) - A gay French writer has lifted the lid on what he calls one of the world's largest gay communities, the Vatican, estimating that most of its prelates are homosexually inclined and attributing much of the current crisis in the Catholic Church to an internal struggle. They can't reproduce though, so it's not like we worry about losing control over a rapidly growing constituency like we do with the Hispanics." We did have to give a little ground on flag burning, but it will only apply to about 5% of the population. We stopped the gay marriage ban Amendment in its tracks. Raj Smith from Progressives for America Today, a liberal think tank said, "We see this compromise as a great victory.
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Students Light Cigarettes Ablaze in Tobacco Protest Mississippi Judge Ordered to Remove Twelve-foot Burning Cross from Courtroom Now if we can just get our Gay Burning Amendment on the floor then we'll be cooking." Related News Conservative pundit, Greg Stillson of Families for American Liberty and No Burning said, "No one should be allowed to burn a flag, but this amendment is a good start. It will also apply to preop transsexuals but not post-op transsexuals who may have been homosexual at one time but have transitioned to an alternative gender orientation via surgery."Īlthough pundits believe that this amendment may not be ratified by enough states to become law they believe it will be an interesting battle.
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While I am on this topic I should mention that the Amendment does apply to bisexuals since they are gay some of the time.
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Let me clarify that last remark! I mean "bipartisan" in the sense of two parties Republican and Democrat, not as in "bisexual partisans". Washington, DC -The Gang of 14 Senators that recently avoided the showdown on the "nuclear option" announced today that they had saved the country again by reaching a compromise that will make it illegal for gay people to burn the flag.Ī representative for the Gang of 14 said, "We are moving America forward with this compromise and showing the American people we can make progress on a bipartisan basis. Senate Reaches Compromise on Gay Flag Burning Ban Amendment