This Month In God

"Individuals who enter homosexual unions cannot reasonably be expected to provide children with sound moral teaching," Father Gerald Coleman, rector of St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, is quoted as writing in this month's issue of "San Francisco Faith: The Bay Area's Catholic Newsletter." Okay, we admit that some gays are not always responsible, and a meth-addled seeker of unsafe sex might be less suited for parenthood than, say, a dedicated spiritual leader. But it's getting so hard to tell those two apart these days, isn't it?

Beyond that, there's not much news in this month's issue; some blah-blah-blah about cloning, something about the Freemasons trying to destroy everything, and two locals are suing the city for violating the Establishment Clause when the Supes condemned the Church for opposing gay adoptions. And there's also some Prop 85 business, insinuating that Planned Parenthood fails to report statutory rape. But as Salon discovered, the evidence that Prop 85 backers cite was obtained illegally, and hypothetically; there's no evidence PP ever failed to notify the police of anything. But since when has faith needed facts?