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Patti Smith, Ireland and the Catholic ChurchPatti Smith is a rocker, poet and memoirist and, having read her memoir "Just Kids," I can also tell you she is Irish -- in ancestry at least. She grew up in Germantown, Pennsylvania, and her family was poor; she tells how as a ch ... November 01, 2011 by Frieda Klotz
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Victory for gays, Muslims and freedomThis past week, our country has seen two separate victories, in policy and politics, for tolerance and the separation of church and state. California's Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage was overturned in federal ... ... November 01, 2011 by Megan Finnegan
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Ill-Conceived Ice Cream AdsWhile this news is a few weeks old, it just came to my attention and roused up so many conflicting emotions in a matter of seconds that I had to share it.My friend forwarded me this post from the Atlantic Wire blog, about the ... ... November 01, 2011 by Megan Finnegan
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Emma Thompson joked about Irish being shot and ‘stoning homosexuals’The Isle of Wight Council has hit back at Emma Thompson after comments she made on the “Late Late Show” with Craig Ferguson. ... August 17, 2010 by ANTOINETTE KELLY
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Celibacy, homosexuality blamed by Catholics for pedophile priestsA majority of American Catholics believe celibacy plays a role in sex abuse of children by Catholic priests according to a new poll 31 percent see the policy as a major factor and 28 percent characterize it as a minor factor in c ... June 17, 2010 by Patrick Roberts
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Catholic League says Church crisis is homosexual problem, not child abuseThe Catholic League says the ongoing Church abuse scandal is a homosexual crisis. ... March 30, 2010 by ANTOINETTE KELLY
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Study: Homosexuality not a factor in priest abuseA $2 million dollar study commissioned by Roman Catholic Bishops at the height of the Church’s sexual abuse scandal in the U.S. has found no connection between sexual orientation and abuse of children by clergy. ... November 18, 2009 by DARA MCBRIDE
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