It seems that young Catholic priests in the U.S. are capitalizing on the Supreme Court decision. I learned long ago never to trust a priest under the age of 40. Since John Paul II came along in 1978, the majority of young priests have been horribly conservative.
My Boss the Nun said she almost walked out of Mass last weekend because the young priest's sermon was so anti-gay.

We've had a very young (age 26) Filipino priest in our parish, ordained just two years. I've noticed some harshness in his sermons occasionally over the last two years, but he went overboard last weekend. He posted on Facebook that the decision was a "dark day for America," and I hear that's what he preached and the first Mass he celebrated last weekend. Of course, I challenged his Facebook posts. I said that sexual conduct should be an individual moral decision determined by conscience, not governed by a court of law. I said that although his approach may be well-intentioned, his statements would serve only to encourage the anger of those who hate homosexuals. I told him that if his campaign motivated a father to beat or disown a homosexual child, or if it drove a homosexual teenage to suicide, the guilt would be on the conscience of the priest.

He did not like what I had to say, and eventually blocked me from his Facebook page. He's going to a new assignment, working with college students and at a Catholic girls' high school, and I'm tempted to write to the bishop and I see potential problems with his rigid moral stance and his immature ideas about sexuality. The priest insists that he must uphold Church teaching against all those who would question or distort it, but I think there are ways to present Church teachings in a more positive and rational manner. I sure hope he learns his lesson before he does any serious harm.

Our pastor, an Irish-born priest about my age, is on vacation in Ireland. I don't think our young priest would have gotten away with his campaign if the pastor had been around.

-Joe-