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Originally Posted by Glava
When a judge/jury tries to find a punishment for a crime, they consider intent in their decision-making process, as mandated by law. However, the priest didn't try to punish. He had a much more practical purpose in mind - to get rid of a disturbance. Kicking out the retarded man would be equivalent to closing a classroom door because of a noisy hallway. Nobody wants to punish the hallway, but isolating yourself from it serves a very practical purpose.
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I couldn't disagree more.
Christianity is an inclusive religion. By ejecting someone, who was patently there to worship, just because they were disabled and praying loudly,
goes against every tenet of the Christian faith. It's hypocritical and it's annoying.
Let me repeat something that everyone seems to be missing here.
The priest's colleague and his
direct superior both disagreed with this action. The superior actually apologized "
unreservedly" and said that people were "
LIVID" as a result.
So why when his own colleagues, his own boss, his own parishoners, all believe this action was inappropriate (at best), do some of you continue to defend him?
I contend that it's for no other reason than as a conscious or unconscious backlash against disabled people. Give me another good reason.
Mr Mephisto