More Christian Love

A Roman Catholic Halifax couple say they’re being driven from the church over the archbishop’s opposition to their same-sex union.

Daniel Poirier and Jack Murphy got married in May, the two 69-year-olds placed an announcement and photograph in The Chronicle Herald.

After the announcement they were told they could no longer receive communion or assume any leadership position in the church. Mr. Poirier can no longer serve as a director of the choir.

Mr. Poirier said Wednesday. “When we went to church there, it was like going into a warehouse; it was cold, because when everybody got up to receive communion, we had to sit down.” (source)

Does this mean that Jesus would have turned them away?

I guess that’s the question they should be asking themselves. Personally, I’ve become very dissatisfied (and disinterested) with religion in general. I feel that they have lost touch with the core principles of what I feel religion should offer people; a sense of community, fellowship, compassion, caring, forgiveness, healing, and support. Today, it has come down to a litmus test of who is worthy of receiving communion and who isn’t. That’s called JUDGEMENT, and the last time I checked, Jesus wasn’t to keen about doing that.

So, I have stopped the attendance of any church organizations. And, anytime I see any connection(s) to anything that has to do with public issues, all kinds of red flags go up for me.