"Farewell to an Uninspiring Pope" by John Patrick Shanley/New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/opinion/farewell-to-an-uninspiring-pope.html?emc=eta1&_r=1&

"The Roman Catholic Church, which in so many ways has been a great boon to the City of New York, has been choked and bludgeoned into insignificance by a small group of men based in Italy. Priests cannot marry. Why? I will tell you why. Priests cannot marry because they would have to marry women. Women cannot be priests.        Why? Women cannot become priests because of a bunch of old men. These old men justify their beliefs with a brace of ridiculous arguments that Jesus would have overturned in a minute. “Do unto others as you would have them do to you.” What about that is hard to understand? If you can become a priest, I can become a priest. Period. Equality..."     

 

John Patrick Shanley is the author of “Doubt” and other plays.