stopping my kids going to a Catholic Church

[jennyslinger]

I know religion is contentious so I'd like to say up front that I am a confirmed atheist and my DH is a confirmed catholic. This is not about the rights or wrongs of believing in god.

DH wants DS and DD (when she's 4yo) to go to our local Cathocis church to attend sunday school and get involved with other church activities.

I have read so much over the last few years about the child abuse cover-up in the Catholic Church. For this reason I have told DH and his family that the kids will not be going.

DH says I am fussing over nothing.

I asked DH he knew a nursery had covered up child abuse would he be happy with the kids going. He says this is not the same.

Am I being unreasonable?

i live near the gay capital of the uk and gay people attacked me and made me dress as kylie minogue.

on top of this, they forced me to listen to abba

daftpunk - dude what the fuck?

'Do you think homosexuals have a right to inflict their opinions on me...?'

I suppose it depends what the individual homosexual's opinion is.

If it's an opinion that's outside the law, then of course not. If it's a opinion that it's lawful to hold, then of course.

One of my gay friends is a rabid extreme right wing Tory and she does try to inflict her opinions on me. I just refuse to give her any more gin until she stops.

I have seen custy as kylie aswell not a good look

Catholics certainly do force opinions on me. I have to send my child to a catholic school for a start, as 99% per cent of schools here are catholic. I was told my child would be social outcast if I didn't let him be christened. My MIL thinks I am not married FFS!

But now you are showing what a nasty homophobic bigot you are, I don't care an iota what you think anyway.

was it the hooded sheet thing nodders?

my tits are too far south for that nonsense

And I'm sorry you couldn't understand my question - have you stopped beating your husband?

Yes or no?

I don't have a problem with homosexuals....LG I like you...(even though you're crap at fantasy football and a bit whingy)...

The only problem I have is homosexuals trying to change my religion...

It's no big deal

.DP you need to stop the old pipe m'love its making you nuts!

what..?

What's my dh got to do with this..?

smoke that...might make you more interesting..

Good god Glastocat how on earth do you deal with your dc and their faith if you are so dead against faith of any description let alone the catholic church, i am actually speechless

ive never had a homosexual trying to change my religeon do you often get lots of gay people trying to change you DP?

i have had conversations about religeon where both sides express an opinion - as one would hope

Thing is, DP, you don't really mean 'Do you think homosexuals have a right to inflict their opinions on me...?' because if a lesbian told you that her opinion was, say, that Chelsea's new striker was great, you'd be able to address that opinion and debate it in a sensible way.

What you actually mean is 'Do homosexuals have a right to go around being gay, when it makes me feel all angry inside?'
To which most people (and as we've seen above, many/most Catholics) would say yes. Yes, they do have the right to be themselves. And they have the right not to be discriminated against. End of.

Yeah cos it has made you fascinating This sort of bigotry is shocking and to attach it to a religion which many decent people practice is a cop out because there is no argument for this dross.

Daftpunk- I have mainly stayed away from this thread on the whole as it is going the same way as all of these threads do. But I will say this- you are making it very very difficult for normal Catholics to be taken seriously on Mumsnet because of your extreme views. I know lots of gay people, some of whom are very active in my RC church (and the priest knows they are gay). Not one of them has ever tried to foist their lifestyle on me.
There are plenty of Catholics who do not really care what other people choose to do with their sexuality, as it is none of their business.
there is nothing in the Catechism of the Catholic Church as far as I know which requires Catholics to despise homosexuals and berate them at every opportunity.

god judges

not us.

indeed amen LG. as it should be

Just to clarify, I don't mean that the gay people are sexually active in church! ROFL!

I meant of course, that they are practising Catholics.

Thank you Custardo. I don't really think it could be put any more succinctly. I think that was kind of what I was getting at.

you said it more nicely though