Today the Vatican issued a recommendation to test the sexual orientation of would-be priests at the Melbourne Catholic church. The Vatican is trying to weed out potential God fearing men, from being priests and spreading the word, because of the appearance seeming "gay" or feminine. The identification measures are a response to Vatican guidelines, under which potential priests who “appear” to be gay must be removed from consideration. So in other words, "gay" looking men cannot preach the Gospel unless they changed their appearance. Which is really messed up because the very people who preach about not judging anyone..... is judging humans that appear a certain way. Their are many God fearing men that are a little feminine in appearance. That doesn't mean that they should not be allowed to spread the word of their faith.
Even celibate gay men are subject to the ban because, according to the Vatican committee that issued the instructions, homosexuality is “a type of deviation.” A spokesperson for the Archdiocese of Melbourne told the Melbourne Herald that a local seminary already had begun adhering to the guidelines. An outspoken priest, Father Bob Maguire, criticized the policy. ‘‘The point is not to what gender you are attracted, but how you manage that attraction,’’ he said.
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