Friday, May 06, 2005
Free Speech -- not in Scotland
Nor in Sweeden.
Cardinal O'Brien quoted Christ quoting Isaiah: "He has sent me to bring good news to the poor, to bind up hearts that are broken; to proclaim liberty to captives, freedom to those in prison; to proclaim a year of favour from the Lord." The Cardinal then mentioned the poor in spirit in Scottish society, "There are many in our communities who are captives in some way or another—captives to an addiction to drink, drugs, sexual aberrations or whatever."
The Cardinal’s mild and indirect apparent reference to Catholic teaching on homosexuality prompted one leftist MSP to propose a motion to prohibit any religious minister from speaking against homosexuality.
Green MSP Patrick Harvie tabled a motion, quickly signed by 16 other members, to prohibit the expression of dissent from the homosexual agenda. The motion read, "That the Parliament condemns the use of the phrase "captives … to sexual aberrations" to describe Scotland’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community." The motion called Cardinal O’Brien’s observation a 'gratuitous insult.'
Cardinal O'Brien quoted Christ quoting Isaiah: "He has sent me to bring good news to the poor, to bind up hearts that are broken; to proclaim liberty to captives, freedom to those in prison; to proclaim a year of favour from the Lord." The Cardinal then mentioned the poor in spirit in Scottish society, "There are many in our communities who are captives in some way or another—captives to an addiction to drink, drugs, sexual aberrations or whatever."
The Cardinal’s mild and indirect apparent reference to Catholic teaching on homosexuality prompted one leftist MSP to propose a motion to prohibit any religious minister from speaking against homosexuality.
Green MSP Patrick Harvie tabled a motion, quickly signed by 16 other members, to prohibit the expression of dissent from the homosexual agenda. The motion read, "That the Parliament condemns the use of the phrase "captives … to sexual aberrations" to describe Scotland’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community." The motion called Cardinal O’Brien’s observation a 'gratuitous insult.'
