I HATE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH...

Let me start off by saying that I might piss some people off with that statement. I understand completely. But at tomorrows mass, catholic churches across Michigan will be hating me. I feel that if the church is organizing a day of hate against me, I have every right to hate them.

Not only is the church spreading hatred, they are even funding it with a half of MILLION DOLLARS!!!!!!!!! Save the $500,000 and use it for something useful. Feed the homeless...help children...fund public shelters...open a soup kitchen...invest in public education...send thousands of students to college...

But INSTEAD, what does the Catholic Church of Michigan do??? Spend all the money on stopping two fags from getting married.

Clearly we need discrimination in our CONSTITUTION!

People ask me why I have given up completely on religion. This is a prime example of why I can never believe in Christanity. My god would never promoted HATRED. My god would never promote DISCRIMINATION. My god would never use his name to do HARM.

Thankfully, there are a few religious organiztions that fight for peoples rights.

Check out

www.sojo.net The Sojourners
www.uua.org The Unitarian Universalist

Below is the article from the Detroit News...

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Catholic Church donations boost gay marriage ban campaign


By Tim Martin / Associated Press

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LANSING -- A campaign supporting the ban of gay marriage in Michigan has raised more than $1 million headed into the Nov. 2 election, according to finance reports filed with the state Friday.

The Catholic church has donated about half the money raised by the Citizens for the Protection of Marriage campaign, which supports Michigan’s Proposal 2. All Catholic dioceses in Michigan have contributed, ranging from $270,000 from the Archdiocese of Detroit to $20,000 from the Diocese of Marquette.

Catholic church leaders also have sent letters to all Michigan parishes in support of the proposal and have asked priests to preach on the matter this Sunday.

The main campaign group opposing Proposal 2, the Coalition for a Fair Michigan, has raised about $198,000. The campaign also has received nearly $27,000 in in-kind contributions.

Both reports reflect fund-raising from Jan. 1 through Oct. 1.

Both groups say fund-raising efforts will intensify as the election approaches.

“We have more than 400 donors, which shows we have great grass-roots support,” said Marlene Elwell, manager of the pro-Proposal 2 campaign called Protect Marriage Yes. “That will really step up as we get closer.”

The Coalition for a Fair Michigan reported nearly 1,200 donors.

“What is significant about our report is the sheer numbers of donors,” said Dana Houle, the group’s political director.

The Coalition for a Fair Michigan has spent about $154,000, leaving it with $43,408 on hand as of Oct. 1.

The pro-Proposal 2 group has spent $552,472, leaving it with $454,517 as of Oct. 1.

Proposal 2 would define marriage as a union between a man and a woman in the state constitution. Same-sex marriage already is outlawed in Michigan, but supporters of the ban want stronger language put in the state constitution to better prevent judges or lawmakers from changing the law.

Voters in at least nine other states face similar ballot proposals in November. Michigan’s gay marriage proposal goes farther than some in that it would not only limit marriage to a union between a man and woman, it also would limit a “similar union for any purpose” to a man and a woman.

That means public employers may not have to offer typical marriage benefits, such as health care insurance, to the partners of unmarried employees regardless of the partner’s sex.

Proposal 2 opponents say it also could influence some private employers to withhold domestic partner benefits.