J.Dale, I find this comment very rude, and somewhat insulting to the Catholic religion. I just had this conversation with someone the other day. Before someone goes, and makes statements about priest, being inappropriate maybe they need to check the facts. The Catholic faith is put on the front page with their few bad apples out there that did do these horrible things mainly because the priest can not be married. Statistics show there are just as many inappropriate things that go on with other faiths, with the pastors, priest, leaders of the church etc...., many of these are hidden, and never made public in order to save a marriage, or to not put children in the middle of it. I am not going to get into a religion war over this, but I find your comment very inappropriate. And yes I have done the research about this topic. Now back to what this forum is about WRESTLING.
I didn't really take it that way L. Geyer and I don't think I would be offended by that or a multitude of other comments that could be made, not even if I was Catholic. Inapropriate things happen in all professions and aspects of life, not just religion. For me it was more about not being able to trust a boy on the mat with a girl. That's what is ridiculous. Yea, don't trust them at home alone maybe, or on a date maybe, but on the mat? Seriously? The whole philosophy is ridiculous with all due respect to Catholics, which I have a lot of Catholic friends because my son wrestled in the Carroll Kids Club. Let them wrestle. I know if I were in a similar situation, my son would be wrestling and I don't believe we would be doing anything wrong. I would hope they wouldn't excommunicate me or something I guess. Now if there is some contract or pact that ones has to accept to go to some Catholic school that says you can't wrestle girls, I just wouldn't go. I can still go to the Catholic Church can't I? Maybe I would have to deconvert. My feeling would be that my son has spent years toiling and sacrificing for this moment, this opportunity, and there aint no way we are missing it now.
