Is that you McCarthyism?

It sure looks like it, but in a disturbingly different form. What form is that, you may ask? Why, the form of rising anti-gay sentiments that are sweeping the nation. I like to call it McGaythyism, and it's just as ridiculous, if not more, than McCarthyism was. Here's an excerpt from the article that finally solidified this feeling for me. It's about a Catholic school who's PTA and such is an uproar because the school admitted a boy who has two gay parents.

Some parents and parishioners have accused the Roman Catholic diocese in Orange County of violating church doctrine by allowing a gay couple to enroll their children in a church school.

The group demanded that St. John the Baptist School in Costa Mesa, CA, accept only families that pledge to abide by Catholic teachings, the Los Angeles Times reported in Sunday's editions. Church doctrine opposes gay relationships and adoption by same-sex couples.

"The teachings of the church seem to have been abandoned," John R. Nixon told the Times. "We send our children to a Catholic school because we expect and demand that the teachings of our church will be adhered to."

School officials rejected the demand, and issued a new policy stating that a family's background "does not constitute an absolute obstacle to enrollment in the school."
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The Rev. Gerald M. Horan, superintendent of diocese schools, said that if Catholic beliefs were strictly adhered to, then children whose parents divorced, used birth control or married outside the church would also have to be banned.

Some parents have promised to ask the Vatican to intervene and some have threatened to pull their children from the school. Others are worried the boys' attendance will set a precedent, saying their presence is part of a larger effort by the gay community to change the church.

"The boys are being used as pawns by these men to further their agenda," said Monica Sii, who has four children at the school.
[AP story, Savannah Morning News]

I know, I did it too. That quick head-jerk that you have to do to keep your brain from severing it's connection to your spinal cord. Congratulations Monica Sii, you've won "Person I Would Most Likely Beat With A Wiffle-Bat Filled With Bees" award. Hopefully that will teach you to think before you open your mouth, in order to prevent yourself from saying something stupid, like talking about the "Gay Agenda", and how they're using little children to propagate it. *sigh* More than likely, however, you'd just do something even more stupid, like go and say something like that when a reporter is around. Woops. Well... at least you're on record as being an ass.

I applaud the actions of Rev. Gerald M. Horan, superintendent of diocese schools. Not only did he not beat the damn thing to death, but he basically gave a {what I assume to be} a sizeable percentage of the school's parents the finger with the "divorce, birth control, or married outside the church" quote. I like it! Well done, sir, and I hope that your level head pervails.

So, in short, McGaythyism looks like it's here to stay, and I, for one, am shocked and appalled, Mr. Senator.