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<\/p>\nA bunch of people who don\u2019t like the Catholic Church have been smugging themselves silly over one of those images modeled on demotivational posters. You\u2019re probably familiar with the genre if you\u2019re on Facebook. People like to use these things to score political points while keeping the \u201cWhat, it was only a joke\u201d card up their sleeves if they get in real trouble.<\/p>\n
This demotivational message is more heavy-handed than most, as the Facebook page from which it originates makes clear. I know this because a friend who is a mocker of religion commended it to me. It came along with the message, \u201cThe people who run the Catholic Church are utterly and staggeringly full of shit. LIKE and SHARE to raise awareness!\u201d Thought I\u2019d do my part:<\/p>\n
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Ha ha ha ha. That\u2019s so funny! Way to stick it to the hypocritical, uptight, sexist, patriarchal, heteronormative sex worker of Babylon guys! High fives all around! Any Catholic who doesn\u2019t laugh along with you clearly has no sense of humor!<\/p>\n
Except, there\u2019s one little problem, for those of us who actually go to church regularly. They\u2019re really not called \u201caltar boys\u201d anymore except in an informal sense. The preferred term is \u201caltar server,\u201d and they tend to look a lot like, well, this:<\/p>\n
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So, clearly, the Catholic Church will be changing its position. I mean, any day now. Right?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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