You'll be next...

[nyj]

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2002/008/39.9.html

 

Take a look at that, and then start to worry.  Everytime someone disagrees with something you believe, they'll take you to court.

[Thunderchild]

Oh DEAR - now that is completely beyond the paling even.

Susan Rockwell says she wanted to be a Roman Catholic priest, but church doctrine wouldn't allow it. She became a lawyer instead, and is now suing the church in federal court for violating her right to free expression and religion. She also says the federal government illegally subsidizes such discrimination by exempting the church from taxes.

Well now. I don't believe that women should be prohited from positions of authority in the church at all at all. Not in the least:

BUT
The woman is attempting to interfere with the rights of the Church of Rome to ITS freedom of expression and of religion. Why not counter-file? Did Rome act to prevent her from establishing her own church, or going to another church the which will ordain a woman? It has rules of conduct - if she isn't happy to submit to those rules, she is entitled to take her business elsewhere.

This lawsuit crosses the lines of separation of church and state.

[wblastyn]

I'm not sure if this is better or worse than the man who sued McDonalds for being fat.

[GraftMeIn]

One has to wonder what kind of message it sends to the rest of the world, when they see people taking the church to court.