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Offline SeanJohnson

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Homos Vandalized My Yard
« on: November 02, 2019, 04:37:12 PM »
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  • So every Halloween, my children hand a big sign on our front storm door saying:

    “As traditional Roman Catholics, we do not celebrate Halloween.  However, tomorrow is the Feast of All Saints, and if you would like to come back then dressed as a saint, we would be happy to give you some candy.”

    Well, even though we had our front lights off, some water heads can’t figure it out, and make it to the door.

    Apparently, at least one of them was a fag, and between the sign, the statue in the front yard of the BVM flanked by statues of angels, the 10 passenger van, etc., we represented everything the fag (or fαɢs) hated.

    So they decided to come back last night at some point, and planted about 10 small rainbow fag flags in my front yard.

    We were eating breakfast, and my seven year-Old said, “Dad, who out all the rainbow flags in the yard?”

    To plagiarize a bad movie: “I wish I could have caught them doing it.  I’d have given anything to catch them doing it.  It would have been worth them doing it, just so I could have caught them doing it.”

    My 9 year-old who wrote the sign is very excited that he is getting persecuted for standing up for God and Church, and we are quite proud of him too.
    Rom 5: 20 - "But where sin increased, grace abounded all the more."


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    Re: Homos Vandalized My Yard
    « Reply #1 on: November 02, 2019, 05:13:24 PM »
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  • So every Halloween, my children hand a big sign on our front storm door saying:

    “As traditional Roman Catholics, we do not celebrate Halloween.  However, tomorrow is the Feast of All Saints, and if you would like to come back then dressed as a saint, we would be happy to give you some candy.”

    Well, even though we had our front lights off, some water heads can’t figure it out, and make it to the door.

    Apparently, at least one of them was a fag, and between the sign, the statue in the front yard of the BVM flanked by statues of angels, the 10 passenger van, etc., we represented everything the fag (or fαɢs) hated.

    So they decided to come back last night at some point, and planted about 10 small rainbow fag flags in my front yard.

    We were eating breakfast, and my seven year-Old said, “Dad, who out all the rainbow flags in the yard?”

    To plagiarize a bad movie: “I wish I could have caught them doing it.  I’d have given anything to catch them doing it.  It would have been worth them doing it, just so I could have caught them doing it.”

    My 9 year-old who wrote the sign is very excited that he is getting persecuted for standing up for God and Church, and we are quite proud of him too.
    Did anyone come back on All Saints' Day dressed up as a saint?
    Lord have mercy.


    Offline SeanJohnson

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    Re: Homos Vandalized My Yard
    « Reply #2 on: November 02, 2019, 05:37:16 PM »
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  • Did anyone come back on All Saints' Day dressed up as a saint?
    Never in the three years we have done this.
    Rom 5: 20 - "But where sin increased, grace abounded all the more."

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    Re: Homos Vandalized My Yard
    « Reply #3 on: November 02, 2019, 06:48:09 PM »
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    Re: Homos Vandalized My Yard
    « Reply #4 on: November 03, 2019, 07:21:08 AM »
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  • While modern Halloween is uncatholic, I would like to note that the holiday was celebrated in a fairly similar manner in some Catholic countries for a millennium.


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    Re: Homos Vandalized My Yard
    « Reply #5 on: November 03, 2019, 10:58:09 AM »
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  • That’s kinda scary  :o I don’t put any signs up because of fear of this happening. I’m sorry it happened to you, and your children were witness to it.

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    Re: Homos Vandalized My Yard
    « Reply #6 on: November 03, 2019, 11:42:08 AM »
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  • It is entirely possible that someone did it as a prank, perhaps to try and "freak out" the traditionalist Catholic family, and that it wasn't necessarily done by ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖs, nor for ideological reasons.  As "persecution" goes, it's pretty tame.  If this day goes like most, I will be "persecuted" for my Faith far worse than this before the day is over.  You develop a very thick skin and just let it go, don't even acknowledge it, be at peace.

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    Re: Homos Vandalized My Yard
    « Reply #7 on: November 03, 2019, 11:48:56 AM »
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  • It is entirely possible that someone did it as a prank, perhaps to try and "freak out" the traditionalist Catholic family, and that it wasn't necessarily done by ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖs, nor for ideological reasons.  As "persecution" goes, it's pretty tame.  If this day goes like most, I will be "persecuted" for my Faith far worse than this before the day is over.  You develop a very thick skin and just let it go, don't even acknowledge it, be at peace.

    It didn't freak me out.

    It pissed me off.

    And next year, I will be ready for them.
    Rom 5: 20 - "But where sin increased, grace abounded all the more."


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    Re: Homos Vandalized My Yard
    « Reply #8 on: November 03, 2019, 11:50:46 AM »
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  • Just don't let anyone observe you burning the flags or you'll be charged with a hate crime.  :facepalm:
    "Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered: and them that hate Him flee from before His Holy Face"  Psalm 67:2[/b]


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    Re: Homos Vandalized My Yard
    « Reply #9 on: November 03, 2019, 12:39:27 PM »
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  • Probably your sign looks prideful. When you have far more wealth than others you have to try hard not to look proud and boastful. The words might smart to an overwhelmed and alone single Dad or Mom who already feels overrun and persecuted, trying to hold things together after their spouse ran off with someone else, tired after a long day at a low paid job, picking their tired and grumpy children up from the expensive day care, getting them back to the apartment and feeding them dinner and getting them changed into costume because now they were doing something good for their kid, taking them trick or treating, something the kids were very excited about and brought back their own good memories. Then they saw your sign and felt that you would disrespect them for this. Perhaps they believed that since you are a Christian you might be like how the entire media tells them you are, a person who would refer others with derogatory names, like fag, instead of recognizing them as how they are truly seen in God's eyes, as ones so beloved by God that He sent his only Son to die for them.

    You are ridiculously rich in faith compared to them. These paupers deserve special respect. Also did it occur to you that they don't know a single Saint? Who do you think is catechizing them?
    And the peace of God, which surpasseth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

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    Re: Homos Vandalized My Yard
    « Reply #10 on: November 03, 2019, 03:06:31 PM »
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  • Probably your sign looks prideful. When you have far more wealth than others you have to try hard not to look proud and boastful. The words might smart to an overwhelmed and alone single Dad or Mom who already feels overrun and persecuted, trying to hold things together after their spouse ran off with someone else, tired after a long day at a low paid job, picking their tired and grumpy children up from the expensive day care, getting them back to the apartment and feeding them dinner and getting them changed into costume because now they were doing something good for their kid, taking them trick or treating, something the kids were very excited about and brought back their own good memories. Then they saw your sign and felt that you would disrespect them for this. Perhaps they believed that since you are a Christian you might be like how the entire media tells them you are, a person who would refer others with derogatory names, like fag, instead of recognizing them as how they are truly seen in God's eyes, as ones so beloved by God that He sent his only Son to die for them.

    You are ridiculously rich in faith compared to them. These paupers deserve special respect. Also did it occur to you that they don't know a single Saint? Who do you think is catechizing them?
    I think you may be on to something, though I doubt an offended parent went out that night and bought ten small rainbow flags.  They could have been going around putting these in other yards too, where the people had up a "no Hallowe'en" sign.  It sounds very premeditated to me.


    I am reminded of three Hallowe'ens ago, when I took my son out trick-or-treating after having a horrible day at work, our firm was rolling out new software without the resources in place to ensure that the transition would go seamlessly.  Obtuse, ignorant management who laid all the testing on my shoulders when two or three people were needed to do it properly, this on top of the rest of my responsibilities.  American corporate greed and penny-pinching at its worst, glad I retired and got out of that hellhole.  Anyway, my day had not gone well, and one of the houses had a curt, all-caps "NO HALLOWE'EN" sign on the door.  It was a wealthy neighborhood and they could have afforded candy.  Or maybe the occupants were sick, disabled, or had to be out of town.  Anyway, it didn't set well with me.  If someone has conscientious objections to Hallowe'en (Jehovah's Witnesses, fundamentalist Christians, traditionalist Catholics who view it as an occult or even Satanic holiday), I get that.  But aside from that, it is generally understood to be a goofy, happy children's holiday, wholesome fun for the kids.  The "TRADITIO Fathers" have an excellent commentary on how to celebrate Hallowe'en in a Catholic way:


    http://www.traditio.com/comment/com1910.htm


    Scroll down to the comments for 15 October.


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    Re: Homos Vandalized My Yard
    « Reply #11 on: November 03, 2019, 03:29:53 PM »
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  • The people who hand out candy on Halloween in my neighborhood have decorations and the lights on. I don't and have never been bothered. It may have been pranksters or it may be that somebody in your neighborhood doesn't like you and used the cover of Halloween to make a dig at you. Did any of your neighbors make any suspect remarks to you after Halloween? Has any neighbor teen been acting weird in public? At any rate it's horrible that some stupid jerk(s) took the time to vandalize your yard. 

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    Re: Homos Vandalized My Yard
    « Reply #12 on: November 03, 2019, 03:39:36 PM »
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  • Planting a few flags in the ground is not vandalizing and it's certainly not persecution.  I can see how you might be irritated at the lack of "respect" but I'd also argue that you brought this upon yourself.  By publically proclaiming you would not take part in Halloween, based on religious grounds, you are setting yourself up for a conflict, and one that is unnecessary.  Firstly, because Halloween is not anti-Catholic.  It may not be a catholic holiday but it's certainly not wrong.  Secondly, if you want to avoid Halloween then just shut off the front lights and don't answer the door.  This isn't hiding your Faith; it's just knowing that the purpose of your sign ('instructing the ignorant') will not have an effect on most people, so it's better to avoid the situation.
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    Our country (and most societies) are becoming more and more uptight, stressed and angry due to deteriorating economic, social and political environments.  Prudence dictates that we should not start religious conflicts if we don't have to.  We should be "tolerant" (even though I hate that word) of those non-Catholic practices that are not sinful, even if they aren't catholic.  If not, then people will look at us as perfectionists or overly-rigid and we give Catholicism a bad name.  Moderation applies here.

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    Re: Homos Vandalized My Yard
    « Reply #13 on: November 03, 2019, 03:43:17 PM »
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  • Planting a few flags in the ground is not vandalizing and it's certainly not persecution.  I can see how you might be irritated at the lack of "respect" but I'd also argue that you brought this upon yourself.  By publically proclaiming you would not take part in Halloween, based on religious grounds, you are setting yourself up for a conflict, and one that is unnecessary.  Firstly, because Halloween is not anti-Catholic.  It may not be a catholic holiday but it's certainly not wrong.  Secondly, if you want to avoid Halloween then just shut off the front lights and don't answer the door.  This isn't hiding your Faith; it's just knowing that the purpose of your sign ('instructing the ignorant') will not have an effect on most people, so it's better to avoid the situation.
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    Our country (and most societies) are becoming more and more uptight, stressed and angry due to deteriorating economic, social and political environments.  Prudence dictates that we should not start religious conflicts if we don't have to.  We should be "tolerant" (even though I hate that word) of those non-Catholic practices that are not sinful, even if they aren't catholic.  If not, then people will look at us as perfectionists or overly-rigid and we give Catholicism a bad name.  Moderation applies here.

    Next year, I am placing a 3’ gold altar cross on my roof, illuminated by a flood light.
    Rom 5: 20 - "But where sin increased, grace abounded all the more."

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    Re: Homos Vandalized My Yard
    « Reply #14 on: November 03, 2019, 04:07:29 PM »
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  • “As traditional Roman Catholics, we do not celebrate Halloween.”

    As an Aussie Catholic from the olden days we have never celebrated it either. But Hallowe'en IS traditionally a Catholic custom. 

    Maybe you would be better off to invite any callers to sit on the verandah with you and enjoy a few treats while you explain to them the meaning of Hallowe'en. That would be neighbourly and you would have the opportunity to share your faith.
    Help of Christians, guard our land from assault or inward stain,
    Let it be what God has planned, His new Eden where You reign.