UNITED STATES
Lez Get Real
Posted by: Linda Carbonell on June 5, 2012.
There is a scene in The King and I where Anna mimics the way the Siamese people respond to the King, sing-songing “Yes, your Majesty. No, your Majesty. Tell us how low to go your Majesty. Give us a kick if you need, your Majesty. Give us a kick if you please, your Majesty. O-o-o-o-h, that’s good, your Majesty.” That’s pretty much how the Vatican expected the Leadership Conference of Women Religious to respond when the men in the skirts admonished the ladies that they were not being properly Catholic.
Pity the poor Vatican. They really do not understand Americans, and understand women even less.
The Vatican is upset with our American nuns for not beating the streets fighting abortion and same sex marriage, not being involved in the political battles of the right wing against the secular laws of our nation, and instead concentrating on such leftist issues and housing, education, abuse intervention, and a host of social injustices. Respectfully, but clearly, the Leadership told the Vatican that the indictment of their group is “unsubstantiated” and “flawed”
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