28.7.8; by Francesca Vella
Patrick Attard, Alternattiva Demokratika's (AD) spokesman for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual/transgender (LGBT) issues, has renewed his appeal to Archbishop Paul Cremona, asked him to encourage housewives to invite their separated neighbour for afternoon tea and their gay son for Sunday lunch.
In an interview with The Malta Independent, Dr Ing. Attard said that when he had met the archbishop last year, he had told him that he wished that people with different beliefs would be able to live in the same country in harmony.
Dr Ing. Attard had suggested to the archbishop that in his recorded Easter message, he should encourage housewives to invite their separated neighbour for afternoon tea and their gay son for Sunday lunch. However, the archbishop had refused.
The AD spokesman, who contested the 8 March general election on the AD ticket as a gay candidate, is renewing his appeal to Mgr Cremona, saying that it was a way of "building bridges".
These were in fact the words that Mgr Cremona used when he was chosen archbishop last year. He had said he wants to be close to the people by "building bridges" with a sense of good will.
The AD spokesman said the Church should review its teachings regarding sexuality, and especially celibacy for priests.
Many of the Church's teachings are based on judicative biblical text such as the book of Leviticus, which condemns homosexuality, but condones slavery, and says that people working on the Sabbath should be killed, said Dr Ing. Attard.
See Interview on page 8, 9 (Click here)
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