Not QUITE a rant, but close...

St. Jeremiah's Church in Framingham is suing The Archdiocese of Boston for attempting to close their parish in an effort to save money. Many parishes have been fighting their closing decree's but the folks at St. Jeremiah's have decided to sue on the grounds that each parish belongs to the parishioners.

This is an interesting and almost genius move. They have been protesting the decision to close for over a year now and while I personally don't care what happens either way, I have to admire their pluck. By suing the church they are pretty much asking the government to step in and have a say in a church matter.

I may be wrong, but this could set a bad precedent in any future issues involving the separation of church and state. This is murkey territory and it doesn't make me comfortable at all. In the defense of the Archdiocese of Boston if they were a company and had to close a few offices due to budget cuts and poor profits they would just lay everyone off, sell the building and move on. But faith has never been that simple and God(?) does not issue severance checks.

I'm sure all kinds of folks will come out of the woodwork to see how this turns out and to see if a decision in either direction can be used to their advantage in furthering their own political agendas.