Vatican renews ban on gay priests

Am I alone in thinking that it’s all a bit late for this? Everyone knows that there are many gay priests out there, in all denominations.

And given that the Catholic church insists all its priests remain celebate, what difference does sexual orientation make? I fail to see the need here for any pronouncement from Rome.

Its only effect so far appears to have been to act as a springboard for the usual, depressing drivel from those “Christians” all too eager to use convenient bits of the Bible to reinforce centuries of hate and prejudice.

Conservative Christendom’s unending obsession with questions of personal sexuality is one which never fails to amaze or exasperate me.