Some just can't handle the truth

Instead, they attack the messenger as in this Star Tribune hit piece on Archbishop Nienstedt:

John Nienstedt, Coadjutor Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, has been quoted as saying he believes homosexuality is the result of some kind of childhood trauma. Today, he is inflicting trauma of his own.

That's the opinion of many Catholic friends and relatives of gay and lesbian people in the Twin Cities. They say they have been wounded and angered by comments Nienstedt made about homosexuals in the Nov. 15 edition of The Catholic Spirit, the official newspaper of the archdiocese.

The archbishop teaches courageously what the Church teaches so that men and women might cooperate in God's plan of salvation, yet so many reject the truth, blinded by their own love of sin.

"He's the only archbishop in the country to put this aggressive of a spin on Catholic teaching," says Mary Lynn Murphy of Catholic Rainbow Parents. "We knew he was very conservative, but people had hoped that he wanted to bring people together. Then, right out of the chute, he fired this cannon. It's extreme talk, and it gives license not just to homophobia but even to violence. This bishop says gays are 'evil.'"

Some are incapable of even telling the truth - the archbishop was quite clear in his statements - nowhere did he say that "'gays' were evil." Archbishop Nienstedt said previously:

Those who actively encourage or promote homosexual acts or such activity within a homosexual lifestyle formally cooperate in a grave evil and, if they do so knowingly and willingly, are guilty of mortal sin. They have broken communion with the church and are prohibited from receiving holy Communion until they have had a conversion of heart, expressed sorrow for their action and received sacramental absolution from a priest.

The act itself is a grave evil...But many times, those confused by sin, whose minds and intellects are clouded and darkened by sin, refuse to acknowledge the life preservers being thrown to them in efforts to save them from drowning...

This Sunday, they [homosexuality advocates] plan to hold a 2 p.m. vigil on the steps of the Cathedral of St. Paul to demonstrate against Nienstedt's comments, and to deliver an open letter to the Chancery, across Summit Avenue from the Cathedral.

Let's hope it's not a candlelight vigil...Not only will these people be demonstrating against the archbishop but also against the the natural moral law and Divinely revealed truth. Simply put, their demonstration is an act of rebellion against God, Himself! Homosexual activists wish to impose upon others a reprobate 'belief system' that their sickening acts of depravity are as normal and in accord with the natural law.

"It is a human right to express your sexuality," says Murphy, who met last week with Catholic parents of gays who were in tears over Nienstedt's statements on homosexuality.

One would hope that those tears were being shed for the eternal souls of their children rather than on a misunderstanding of the archbishop's remarks. But, many times, activists fan the flames of dissent and rebellion, while disregarding the truth and working others into a frenzied state.

The reporter, it seems, failed to ask Murphy if it's a "human right" for NAMBLA members and supporters to express their "sexuality." What about criminal pederasts and those priests, teachers, and others who engage in criminal sexual activity? What about all those who enjoy and seek other types of disordered expressions of sexual perversions?

"They are being tormented by a church that is driving a wedge between parent and child," Murphy said. "They believe they are being asked to choose between loving their church and loving their child. And they are furious. For the most prominent religious leader in the state to use that kind of language, well, it brings shame on him."

This woman and others need prayers. It is either ignorance or wilful rejection of the truth which leads them to believe such lies. They are in bondage, slaves to sin, shackled and chained, refusing the truth which will set them free.