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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think this is a game changer.  My DH and I grew up Catholic.  I no longer consider myself Catholic. My DH and went into the marriage with our eyes open.  We talked extensively about it and it was a deliberate decision not to marry in the Catholic Church.  If he decided to return to the Catholic Church, we'd have to do some seriously counseling.  It's not 'church' I have an issue with, it's the Catholic Church.  I'd need to undestand why he needed Catholicism and how both of our needs could be met.

I would not allow him to take our children.  I understand other people are okay with it but I would never allow my kids to be in an environment where discrimination against women and girls is supported.  [b]The church allows the prohibition of altar girls and that alone would be enough for me. [/b]My DDs are just as worthy as my DSs. [/quote]

Hmmm, I just looked at the altar server schedule at my church and there are plenty of female names on it.  Also, I do not get the idea that we have to teach our children that men and women are exactly the same and are suited to do the same things when this is fundamentally not true.  Just look at what the Marine Corps is being forced to go through with regards to the pressure from so-called feminists to allow women to serve in combat.  The women, by and large, cannot meet the physical standards for infantry duty. Is it discrimination, therefore, to keep the women out of a role for which they are not physically suited?  I am not saying women are not suited for the clergy, but I think it is fallacious to think that whatever men can do women can do and vice versa.  There are obvious differences between the sexes and it is fallacious to ignore those differences when it comes to job requirements, etc.  [/quote]

You think just because your church allows altar girls that all of them do?  For a group so vehemently asserting that we are ill informed about the Catholic Church, I'm shocked you know so little yourself.  Well, not really.  Fanatics tend to be a bit blind..  http://www.catholic.net/index.php?option=dedestaca&id=3398

In short, bishops are allowed to determine if female altar servers are permitted.  If so, parish priests  can then decide if they will allow it.  The preference is to limit it to boys.  http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/protests-of-va-parishs-move-away-from-altar-girls-reflects-wider-catholic-debate/2011/11/17/gIQAnbRLcN_story.html

For the life of me, I can't understand how you could compare combat soldiers to altar servers - unless it's a poor attempt at suggesting altar boys are future Christian soldiers.  [/quote]

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