What the Angry Atheist condemns
Are probably what needs most to be protected
It might be argued that there is good reason to persist in one’s efforts all the more vigorously, when someone who calls himself an “angry atheist” condemns your efforts:
Source: https://the-angry-atheist.com/2023/05/18/rcc-must-do-more-to-oppose-a-bill-that-would-decriminalise-homosexuality-in-sri-lanka/
The author is Barry Duke, who styles himself “the angry atheist”, and claims to have been “pointing and laughing at religious lunacy for more than half-a-century”.
The entire tirade is linked above, and here is an extract, to help acquire its flavour:
“INTERFERING with progressive legislative processes in countries across the world is something the Roman Catholic Church and evangelical organisations are particularly adept at.
But in Buddhist Sri Lanka the Catholic church, led by Archbishop of Colombo—His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, above—stands accused of failing to adequately oppose a bill that that would do away with an old colonial law that criminalises homosexuality.
Earlier this month the country’s Supreme Court ruled that the Bill is “not inconsistent with the Constitution”, paving the way for a Parliamentary debate and vote on the subject.
Among those infuriated by what they see as the RCC’s inadequate response to the Bill is Eshan Dias, PhD, a member of Cultura Vitae, “a movement of concerned professionals who seek to uphold the dignity of marriage, family and the value of human life from conception until natural death.”
Dias is now urging people, via the far-right religious news outlet, LifeSiteNews, to demand action by the cardinal to oppose MP Premanath Dolawatta’s Private Member’s Bill that would scrap Section 365A of Sri Lanka’s Penal Code.”