User:Shellie4/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * DignityUSA


 * Article Evaluation
 * Organization of LGBTQ Catholics founded in San Diego, CA 1969 working to integrate the LGBTQ community into the Catholic Church. Their headquarters is now Boston, MA and they are still advocating to this day for the LGBTQ community to be accepted into the church.


 * Sources
 * DignityUSA

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Pope Francis and Homosexuality


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article discusses Pope Francis' stance on the LGBTQ community and the Catholic church. It talks about how the church needs to accept the LGBTQ community, how sin is an action not a thought and has quotes he has said regarding his stance. It discusses LGBT families, marriage, transgender issues, and gay clergy.


 * Sources
 * Pope Francis and homosexuality

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Catholic church and homosexuality


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article discusses the Catholic church teachings of homosexuality. Where the church stands on homosexuality being a sin. A brief history of the churches teachings on homosexuality. Pastoral care of the LGBTQ community as well as Catholic organizations. It also discusses gay clergy, notable LGBTQ Catholics and the Catholic churches political activity.


 * Sources
 * Catholic Church and homosexuality

Option 4

 * Article title
 * History of the Catholic Church and homosexuality


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is the history of the Catholic Church when it comes to homosexuality. It discusses how Church Fathers influenced the judgement by having relations with young boys and how early church counsels dealt with this. It talks about sodomy in the Medieval and early modern period. It talks about Thomas Aquinas and his views of lust as a sin. It gives views from Popes throughout the 1400s and 1500s. It discusses two boys who were burned to death in the 16th century for admitting to sleeping together. It talks about modern Popes views as well as accusations like Pope Paul VI who was accused of being homosexual and intern banned masturbation in the Catholic Church in 1976. It discusses Pope John Paul's views in 1979 of homosexual activity being a sin but not the orientation itself. As well as Pope John Paul II condemning homosexuality as morally wrong in 1993. It also discusses Pope Benedict XVI blaming cultural and political forces for the shift toward the legalization of same-sex marriage in 2012. It ends the Pope lineup with Pope Francis who believes the LGBTQ community should be accepted into the church and not judged by any one human. This article also gives a brief overview of AIDS, the development of pro-gay Catholics movements of 1960, 1970, 1980, and 2010s.


 * Sources
 * History of the Catholic Church and homosexuality

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Dissent from Catholic teaching on homosexuality


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article briefly explains the Catholic Churches stance on same-sex attraction and marriage. It also explains objections to those teachings. This article lists the movements within the Catholic Church to accept the LGBTQ community. The movements it lists are DignityUSA, Call to Action, New Ways Ministry, Rainbow Sash Movement, and Catholics United. It discusses gay clergymen, LGBTQ- friendly Catholic publications, who supports gay marriage, protests from people within the Catholic Church as well as the view of the LGBTQ community from within U.S. Catholics as well as outside the U.S.


 * Sources
 * Dissent from Catholic teaching on homosexuality