Britain's top Catholic has followed in the footsteps of Pope Benedict and is hanging up his gold accented frocks after the sexual accusations of four priests make international headlines. 

The National Organization for Marriage's rally against marriage equality at the Supreme Court next month just gained unsurprising bedfellows. Hate group leader Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council has put his homophobic organization's weight into the rally, while Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput has pledged buses to transport bigots to hold signs that trash talk civil rights. 

Bishop Thomas Paprocki of the Archdiocese of Springfield in Illinois has started talking about a priest under his employ who was granted a leave of absence for an odd 911 call in late 2012. Earlier this month we brought you the story of Father Tom Donovan, who had to have police help him out of a mouth gag and handcuffs. Today, Bishop Paprocki, who is currently at war with marriage equality efforts in Illinois, released a statement about the incident. 

More than 1,000 drama queens in chiffon robes have engaged in naughty group action to point jewel-encrusted fingers at modern civil rights. In one of the largest letters of its kind, 1,054 British priests as well as 13 bishops and abbots claim they will lose their right to practice religion if gays and lesbians are allowed to marry the human they love. 

Screw the sick, the poor and children: Catholic Bishops seem intently focused on fighting civil rights these days. The latest in a long line of bishops in states considering same-sex marriage to announce a war against equal rights is Rhode Island's Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence.

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone isn't as delighted as President Obama is after marriage equality reigned in the 2012 elections. In a hateful statement released this week, Cordileone warns of great repercussions for society after four states voted against bigotry on Tuesday. 

A group of former Catholic priests are throwing down against Catholic bishops that have been heavily lobbying to overturn same-sex marriage in Washington state. 

We assume (HOPE!) bitch-slapping via rosary will ensue.

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Minnesota Viking Chis Kluwe has once again typed off a letter so brilliant, so sassy, so educational that we might have to take yet another lunch break to try and calm down from all the swooning. This time the unlucky target on the other side of Chris's acerbic tongue is Archbishop Nienstedt of St. Paul/Minneapolis, who soaked up headlines earlier this week for telling a Catholic mother she would go to hell if she chose to love her gay son. 

So, what does Chris have to say to Archbishop Nienstedt? Grab the popcorn and follow the jump to find out!

Archbishop Nienstedt of St. Paul and Minneapolis is prepared to banish a concerned mother from the Catholic church and condemn her to an eternity in hell all for loving her gay son.

It's not exactly news that many religious leaders aren't thrilled about the prospect of same-sex marriage.

It is, however, a little surprising to hear a Catholic leader in the United States go so far as to say that that Catholic individuals that support same-sex marriage should "refrain from receiving Holy Communion."

Basically, you don't have to participate in a same-sex marriage to be ostracized. If you happen to simply not be a bigot, then you should have to stop participating in one of the key traditions of your religious faith. 

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New comments from Peter Sartain—the notorious anti-gay bishop of Washington—remind us to pour some of our third morningtime mimosa out on the sidewalk in memory of the lost civilizations of the Netherlands, Canada, Spain, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Portugal, South Africa, Iceland and Argentina, who all crumbled "beyond repair' after extending civil marrige rights to all couples. 

Catholics, Muslims, and Jews all coming together in perfect harmony.

What could possibly unite these religious groups together as one?

According to the Pope's Nuncio in the United Kingdom, the Archbishop Antonio Mennini, it's their shared opposition to same-sex marriage.

How heartwarming.

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