Time for a Rant
This is really not a political rant per se, and I’m not going to talk about one side or the other, just an incident…
So, on the Arizona ballot this fall will be a marriage amendment – as in defining marriage as being between a woman and a man. I have my own ideas on that. And I’m sure you have yours. I don’t honestly care what they are. What I do care is that our diocese and our bishop sent out a video to all the parishes in the diocese that basically tells them that their faith requires them to vote yes on the proposition.
I am not here to tell the Catholic church what to believe or what it should or should not endorse. If they want to send me a letter, fine. If they want to put a flyer in the bulletin, fine. If they want to put a video on their website, fine. If they want to buy advertising on local television stations, fine. But how DARE they hijack the Holy Mass of Our Lord Jesus Christ for a political ad???? I am so livid I can barely see straight. I have had many reasons to be angry at our bishop, but this one takes the cake. I am absolutely furious.
And furthermore? Don’t you DARE tell me what MY faith says I should do. You have no idea what my faith says. You do not know MY faith. You want to tell me that my church thinks we should vote yes? Fine. You want to tell me that my religion says to vote yes? Fine. But don’t you dare tell me what my faith says or is or does. My faith is mine and mine alone. And only God knows what it is and how it is manifested. As a very wise young woman said, my religion is how I celebrate my faith. It is not my faith.
/end rant. For now.
