Teacher’s firing by Catholic school contradicts

Re: “Teacher fired from Catholic school,” Feb. 7 news story

I grew up attending Catholic schools through high school. I thought we were taught that God is all-knowing and all-loving of everyone, no matter their race or sexual orientation. That is the God I choose to believe in. But how ironic that the Catholic Church continues to be so self-righteous when they have protected the priests who have sexually abused children for years or had affairs with parish women, then if they got pregnant, just transferred the priest to a different diocese. How hypocritical to fire an excellent teacher for being gay!

All Souls? Well, not really, not if you’re gay or transgender or have parents that are either. I don’t believe God sees it this way. This is not an all-loving God. Who is the Archdiocese to judge anyone? They are not God nor Godlike.

Cathi Quering Barnes, Littleton

Does anyone else find it odd that while the Pope has said homosexuality is not a crime and should not be treated as such, the All Souls Catholic Church felt the need to fire a lesbian teacher? Given the Catholic Church’s track record of harboring and hiding pedophile priests, is this not a bit of hypocrisy?

I thought Christianity was supposed to be about inclusion, kindness, caring, et al. In fact, don’t they set the bar for that sort of thing? All you “holier than thou” types need to drag your bibles off the shelf and have a re-read. While religion is not my area of expertise, even I know this is wrong.

Lee Steffen, Westminster

Influenced to buy, but not to violence?

Re: “For Super Bowl ads this year, crypto is out and booze is in,” Feb. 7 business story

Please help! This 80+-year-old geezer is so confused. Both sides can not be correct.

In Tuesday’s Post, it is reported that Corporate CEOs will spend $7 million for a 30-second ad during the Super Bowl. Why?

Because wise business folks truly believe that what viewers “watch” on their screens does affect that person’s behavior and actions. However, “violent video” game producers have testified before Congress that what young viewers “watch” on their screens (hour after hour, day after day, for years) does not affect their behavior and actions.

Really?

Concerned politicians and parents, who hope to prevent future school massacres, must decide whose view is correct. Both views cannot be right. Right?

John P. Cardie, Westminster

Guns should be “well-regulated” just like a militia

Re: “New gun regulations targeted in court by conservative and gun-rights groups,” Feb. 1 news story

I applaud the politicians who are brave enough to take on the task of gun regulation. There is a reason that the Second Amendment was written in the context of a “well regulated Militia,” for without regulation, the right to bear arms becomes a threat to all other rights. Witness the tens of thousands of Americans who lose their right to life every year because of guns.

We have seen how armed, unregulated militia members, and like-minded people, show up at protests and state houses in an attempt to intimidate and suppress the First Amendment rights of protestors and politicians.

I think most Americans would agree that there are some people who should not have guns and there are some guns no one should ever have outside of a “well regulated Militia.”

Kevin Erickson, Westminster

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