Father Mullen has an idea.

It’s with great joy that I read today of the The Rev Dr Peter Mullen’s proposal that Homosexuals be tattooed with some sort of indentifying mark.

I’ve long thought there must be a better way of determining if the gentleman standing next to one at a public urinal is just shaking off the last few remaining drops, or is indeed pleased to meet a greatly endowed man of the cloth, and a nice clear tattoo would be a wonderful way of settling doubts without the need for any embarrassing questions, which always involve the risk of receiving a shocked answer in the negative.

The one problem with this suggestion is, of course, that the Bible strictly prohibits tattoos, but since the tattoo would only being applied to Sinners, and often against their will, I’m sure the Holy Spirit would be only too happy to grant us a little wriggle-room here. Besides, think of the time one would save when casually taking the dog out for an evening walk in order to meet an “acquaintance”, or while looking for a decent interior decorator.

Sadly it appears that Fr. Mullen, who as Church of England Chaplain to the London Stock Exchange is blessed to minister in a place untroubled by immorality or avarice, has succumbed to Apostate Liberal pressure to remove the blog upon which he made his excellent suggestion - http://petermullen.typepad.com/ is currently not working, although thanks to the miracle of Google caching his teaching can still be seen here. Scroll down a bit to the section headed “Matthew Parris” and you can see why Mad Priest is tipping Fr. Mullen as the next Bishop of Carlisle. Either that or he’s a shoo-in for Nigerian Inspector-General of Prisons.

I’m Father Christian and I teach the Bible.