Ramblings of an Anonymous Coward

Gluton or Punishment

god won't be satisfied until you eat your wheat and drink your alcohol. so what that you are 8 years old and are diagnosed with celiac disease. rules are rules. it's not about how you live your life, it's a matter of following the rules...

Catholic church invalidates girl's first communion because she used a gluten free wafer. Haley Waldman has celiac disease which prevents her from eating wheat. It will also prevent her from receiving one of the most important sacraments of her church. Apparently, this has happened before. According to church canons wafers must be made only from wheat. Despite the Catholic Church's apparent inflexibility, an extremely low gluten wafer has been approved, but still may not be safe for some celiac sufferers.

-- metafilter

and not to beat a dead horse... but what the fuck is wrong with a church that won't grant a child her first holy communion because the body of christ wafer was gluten free, but still allows priests to remain active in the church after they have molested children? i'm not saying these are the same people or condemning the entire church/faith because of it, but lets just say this is one more example of an organization that has some serious leadership problems.

Posted by ac at August 13, 2004 02:27 PM