News, Knights under fire: Pols targeted for pro-gay-wed votes (America, church, abortion)

[JD59]

Accusing the Knights of Columbus of “hypocrisy,” a group of hardline Catholics is pushing for the fraternal organization to toss out 16 “pro-Sodomite” Bay State lawmakers who backed gay marriage.

The California-based Concerned Roman Catholics of America picketed the annual Knights of Columbus convention in Nashville this week and handed out fliers urging members to oust the pro-gay-marriage Massachusetts solons as well as pro-abortion pols.

“We basically want to see the Knights of Columbus expel these men because they’re not honoring the Catholic Church or their vows as a Knight,” said CRCOA president Kenneth Fisher, who is also a Knight.

Knights under fire: Pols targeted for pro-gay-wed votes - Local Politics - BostonHerald.com

[KerrTown]

These people are not real Catholics; they are heretics.

[lammius]

Wow. My head hurts after reading that article. The only intelligent thing in it was the response from a KofC spokesman,

But Knights of Columbus spokesman Patrick Korten said the group has no plans to boot the Massachusetts lawmakers. Of the flap, he said: “The Knights of Columbus is a strongly pro-life organization. If there are a few members who don’t share those views, that’s unfortunate, but irrelevant.”

I wish more organizations adopted that attitude. I think it's spot-on. That quote was followed up by paragraphs of more of what sounded to me like ignorant babble.

Boston-based CRCOA member John O’Gorman said the Knights should remove any politician whose views contrast with the group’s core Catholic teachings.
“You can’t play for two teams,” he said. “We have to know which team you’re on.”

Are we playing kickball here? wtf?