Current Events > The Catholic church silently lobbied against an LGBT suicide prevention line.

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https://www.insider.com/catholic-church-lobbied-against-suicide-hotline-supporting-lgbt-people-2021-3
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) lobbied against the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act, which would create a national suicide prevention hotline, in 2019 because it included LGBTQ+ resources.
According to the National Catholic Reporter, the bill allocated funding to LGBTQ+ suicide prevention programs in addition to creating a national, toll-free suicide hotline. The organization, an assembly of Catholic bishop leadership, opposed the legislation behind the scenes and attempted to prevent it from passing.
But this isn't the first time the USCCB has opposed legislation that expanded the rights of LGBTQ+ people.
LGBTQ Nation reported the USCCB used the same logic to oppose the 2013 Violence Against Women Act, which would provide more funding to prosecuting cases of violence against women.
"All persons must be protected from violence, but codifying the classifications 'sexual orientation' and 'gender identity' as contained in S. 47 is problematic," the organization wrote in a statement about the Violence Against Women Act.
"These two classifications are unnecessary to establish the just protections due to all persons. They undermine the meaning and importance of sexual difference."
Most recently, the USCCB spoke out against the 2021 Equality Act which expands protections for LGBTQ+ from workplace discrimination.
The organization stood against the policy supported across party lines and by President Joe Biden because it "dismiss[es] sexual difference and falsely presenting 'gender' as only a social construct" by supporting transgender rights, according to a statement.
"The bill is well-intentioned but ultimately misguided," the USCCB wrote. "The Equality Act discriminates against people of faith, threatens unborn life, and undermines the common good."
smh just smh

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Religion of "pro-life"

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If god wants them to die its all part of his plan...unless they do it themselves then its against gods will...but god controls all so it was part of his plan...

religion is so fuckin stupid.

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The US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)

So not the entire catholic church then? Its fucking disgusting that anyone would lobby against it lets at least try to better than a click bait youtube video please.

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It sounds like their main objection, as with battered women, was about making any distinction at all between the types of persons calling the suicide hotline. I wonder if they would have a similar objection based on race. Either way it's stupid af, because statistically it has been shown time and time again that LGBT folks are at a higher risk of suicide

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religion needs to fucking die and everyone who defends these cults is a terrible person

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spikethedevil posted...

So not the entire catholic church then?

#NotAllCatholics

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spikethedevil posted...

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)

So not the entire catholic church then? Its fucking disgusting that anyone would lobby against it lets at least try to better than a click bait youtube video please.

The USCCB is basically the Catholic Church in the US my dude. That's how episcopal conferences work.
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Not from the US so just assumed its some group of Bishops that got together.

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The way you worded the title, it sounded like you meant a suicide prevention hotline for LGBT people.

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spikethedevil posted...

Not from the US so just assumed its some group of Bishops that got together.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episcopal_conference
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