Dear Father Andrew: I Am Finished

[kpete]

Dear Father Andrew: I Am Finished
by gchaucer2

Wed Nov 04, 2009 at 05:59:59 AM PST

Dear Father Andrew:
.........................

It is with the deepest sorrow that I must write you that I no longer can join you at Mass. After 59 years, I am no longer a Catholic.

You will be distressed at my decision, but not surprised. We have spoken about this possibility for some time now. In fact, I suspect you would join me if you did not have such a valuable mission in this vibrant community. I will still volunteer for the children's programs, and remain involved in activism, but I can no longer participate in the one rite that binds me to the Catholic Church. I cannot swallow the bile another day. I cannot look up at the altar when you read the gospel, give a homily that is so beautiful, it makes me weep, raise the chalice we believe is to be shared by everyone. I cannot bear the thought of you being driven from your ministry when the bishop discovers you are gay.

Hatred fueled by the resources of hundreds of thousands of parishes will be the central reason why the Church will eventually wither and die. I can no longer bear the stench of the rotting body and hierarchical ignorance. I can no longer embrace what has become a menace and money machine to support evil. We are all tainted by what happened in Maine. We are all lesser citizens because our brothers and sisters are lesser citizens.

.................

With great affection,

M.

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[SpiralHawk]

1. Hey, they lost me way way way back in 2nd grade

and they just keep backing further and further and further away from my experience of true spirituality and my experience of the Christos...

Onward we goeth...sadder but richer for having grasped harsh truths.

[TuxedoKat]

4. Yes

My family broke away from the church when I was in the 4th grade. Although I'm
a Christian I could never bring myself to go back to the Catholic church, even
though I have some good memories of it from back then.

[Robb]

2. "We are all tainted by what happened in Maine." nt

[Vidar]

3. K&R

[Raster]

5. The mormons lost me when I was fifteen and could not reconcile my begging gay with their

institutionalized homophobia. And now that I see the millions of dollars and thousands of volunteer hours the church has "invested" in denying gays their civil rights, I know I made the right choice. I can proudly say I am gay. I was born this way and science and logic back me up. The mormon church lies about their involvement in the anti-gay hysteria.