TV: Gay Clergy - NIGHTLINE: Difficult Questions
Sam Damon
they just did a show on gay marriage right after the SCOTUS Lawrence
decision. As always, please thank Nightline if you appreciate the
contents (and offer constructive criticism if you don't).
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Subject: NIGHTLINE: Difficult Questions
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:19:31 -0700
Nightline
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July 25, 2003
TONIGHT'S SUBJECT: It's an issue that has wracked the Catholic Church,
and now threatens to divide the Episcopal Church. The issue: can gay men
serve as priests? But behind the headlines, and the arguments, are
individuals, and you'll meet one of them tonight.
Let's get to the questions right away. If a priest vows to be celibate,
does it matter if that priest is gay or straight? Is homosexuality a
question of behavior or identity? Is it anyone else's business? And what
happens if a priest comes out of the closet?
Tonight Nightline correspondent Michel Martin will introduce you to a
priest who did just that. He told his parishioners that he was gay. Some
were supportive, others were not. Some left the church. And they are all
wrestling with those tough questions. For those who think homosexuality
is just wrong, the answers are a little easier. But these are not easy
questions. The priest you will meet tonight has been a priest for a long
time. He was well-known in his area. And that makes things more
complicated too. It's far easier to judge someone if you don't know
them.
I'll be honest with all of you. This is a broadcast that was originally
shot some time ago. But as all of you know, a lot has happened, and it
has taken us this long to get it on the air. To update the broadcast,
Michel interviewed the priest again recently, to see what has changed in
his life, and in the church. Agree or disagree, support or condemn, we
felt that it was important to put a face on the issue, and that's what
we'll do tonight.
Looking ahead, and it's hard to believe how fast this summer is passing,
I think we're going to try something for Labor Day that we did before,
and had a lot of fun. We're going to come up with a list of what we
consider some of the better Nightlines from the past twenty years or so,
and then let all of you vote on which one you'd like to see. The last
time we did this we ended up running the very first Nightline broadcast,
so we won't put that one on the list. But we'll put something up on the
Nightline web site in the next week or so, and everyone can vote, and
news permitting, we'll run the winner on Labor Day. If you have
suggestions, or shows you'd like to see again, you can send us an
e-mail, again by logging on to the Nightline web site at ABCNews.com and
click on Nightline.
Happy Friday.
Friday, July 25, 2003
Leroy Sievers and the Nightline Staff
ABCNEWS Washington bureau
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