re: #271 The Artist formerly known as Satan

I also believe all of that to be equally offensive. Again, it is more offensive when it is personalized to one’s own family members.

Why?

Tell me, how would you feel if the Catholic Church posthumously awarded personalized graduation certificates from Church sponsored “pray away the gay” programs to gay people killed in gay bashing or hate crimes?

I don’t think that’s comparable in the least. I think a better comparison would be the Catholic Church saying that the only way a dead gay friend of mine was in heaven is if he repented of his gay sins. Which is what they do.

Would that not be more offensive than the Church’s normal position on homosexuality?

No. I don’t get at all why saying “All the Jews in the Holocaust are damned unless they accepted Jesus” is less offensive than “Martin Fitzruber is damned if he didn’t accept Jesus.”

The former includes the latter.