Weirdo Crossdressing Elf Disses Gay Marriage., Perry Street Palace, June 27, 2011

Weirdo Cross-dressing Elf Disses Gay Marriage.

Perry Street Palace
June 27, 2011

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Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio

An adult man wearing a pouffy green dress, matching elfin hat, and giant gold necklace is apparently having a hissy fit over New York State’s marriage equality law.

Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, of the diocese of Brooklyn, called on all Catholic schools to reject any honor bestowed upon them by Gov. Cuomo, who played a pivotal role in getting the bill passed.

He further asked all pastors and principals to “not invite any state legislator to speak or be present at any parish or school celebration.”

“This is a further erosion of the real understanding of marriage,” DiMarzio told the Daily News. “The state should not be concerned about regulating affection.“

That’s right: the New York Diocese of the Catholic Church believes the state should not concern itself with “regulating affection.” Which certainly explains this:

“Our bishops in New York State have a very powerful and strong lobbying group in Albany. They’ve been very successful in keeping this issue off the floor in the Senate and Assembly,” said Mark Lyman, who heads the Albany chapter of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP. “That’s why you haven’t seen major settlements, you haven’t seen lawsuits.”

The New York Conference of Catholic Bishops strongly opposes the “window” legislation that would suspend the statute of limitations, said Dennis Poust, spokesman for the lobby group.

Witnesses die and lose their memories of events, he said.

“When a certain amount of time passes, it becomes impossible to defend yourself,” said Poust. “This is simply trial lawyers trying to enrich themselves by taking advantage of a tragic thing that happened.”

See, there was this “tragic thing.” That “happened.”

Here is the tragic thing that happened. The Catholic Church engaged in a heinous and irresponsible cover up of pedophile predators within its own ranks, moving them from parish to parish so they could enjoy access to more victims — for decades. Then it lobbied New York, which has relatively short statutes of limitations during which sexual assault victims can seek justice (pdf), to ensure that no window is opened wherein those who were raped as children less recently can file claims against the church. And it’s worked like a charm. The New York State Catholic Conference of Bishops, which presumably includes cross-dressing Elf Queen DiMarzio, gets these efforts shut down in Albany’s Republican-controlled Senate.

At least now we know why: it’s because of the church’s noble, selfless, and sincerely held conviction that “the state should not be concerned about regulating affection.” Makes perfect sense! I say we just get rid of all the rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment, domestic violence, pedophilia, polygamy, and bestiality laws in their entirely, while we’re at it! How dare New York State regulate affection? Yet strangely enough, not everyone agrees:

Victims-support groups argue, however, that the church has yet to give a full accounting of the depth and breadth of the scandal, particularly in New York State, home to an estimated 7.8 million Catholics, or 41 percent of the total state population.

“The control of information that bishops have in New York State is near total because of the restrictive statute of limitations,” said Anne Barrett Doyle, clerk of BishopAccountability. org, a nonprofit that runs a Web site chronicling clergy abuse cases across the country. “The victims have no way to tell their story,” she said.

[Mark Lyman, who heads the Albany chapter of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests] said New York will become a haven for sexual predator clergy unless legislators change the law and allow victims the right to sue dioceses.

“The only way we can force the Catholic Church to clean up their ranks is to sue them in court,” he said.

Meanwhile:

New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan said he was “very disappointed, very saddened and very worried” by the developments that will allow same-sex partners to legally wed.

It should come as no surprise that this Arch-Elf-Queen Dolan has a far more fabulous wardrobe than DiMarzio:

Look, I’m all for letting your freak flag fly — and I’ve had my share of laundry day fashion issues, believe me — but why anyone would take seriously anything said by a person who dresses like this for work (outside of a theme park or a cabaret show) is beyond me.