I’ve got your hand-basket and one-way ticket to Hell right here

‘How to be Gay’ course draws fire at Michigan
In 2000, the Michigan state legislature fell just four votes short of passing a measure to cut off all government funds for the courses.
Other courses slated for the fall include:
Binge-drinking – a Primer (featuring a $500 lab fee for “supplies”)
Playing to Win at the Roulette Table
Human Sacrifice – A Hands-on Approach to an Ancient Art
Clubbing Baby Seals

You want to know why people see the Virgin Mary in a fence post, an office building or in their coffee grounds?

Because of homilies like this.
When you try to explain away the miraculous you end up with happy crap. And people can’t grow spiritually from that. So they actively search out and grasp at anything that is other-wordly.
Shame on priests who turn miracles into coincidences and happy stories about sharing and being nice! Nice is not the password to get into heaven. If I ever hear a homily like that at my parish I will hang the priest up by his rainbow suspenders and not let him down until he says “Dominus vobiscum!” Seriously.