Unlike the Vatican and Pope Francis, I believe in nuns. I believe they are just as competent religious leaders as their male counterparts. I even believe nuns should be able to become priests, but that's not why I am pro-nun.
I am pro-nun because a visible group of US nuns believes that being Jesus to the poor is more important that fighting political battles over same-sex marriage and abortion, while the Vatican condemns them for placing people above church dogma. How can any religious group be, as the New York Times put it "too focused on ending social and economic justice?"
If Jesus were here today, he wouldn't have wasted his efforts trying to end abortion or stop same-sex marriage. No. He would crash at Adam and Steve's house after a long day of teaching. He would have game night with Anna and Eve and their children every week. He would grab coffee with the Planned Parenthood staff. He would chill in the inner city with the homeless. Jesus would be at the soup kitchen and the women's shelter every single day. His disciples would be trash collectors, hamburger-flippers, and deadbeat dads.
The nuns are being Christians. They are being Jesus, and the Vatican attempts to shame them for fulfilling their call.
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