Mass. Bishops Slam Gay Marriage Ruling

Yahoo News ^ | November 30, 2003 | STEVE LeBLANC

[RobbyS]

Ask him if he has so little respect for the bishop and for the Vatican why you should have any respect for him.

[Snuffington]

It makes a big difference whether a marriage is recognized by the state.

I fully agree. I think all healthy societies do recognize marriage, and those who don't are headed for huge social trouble.

My point was that state recognition of marriage and religious recognition of marriage are inextricably linked. It makes no sense to support gay "civil marriage" on the one hand, and hetero-sexual only "religious marriage" on the other. The end result is a society in which gay marriage is accepted as normal, and opposition is viewed to be as irrelevant as a remote sectarian dispute.

[Salvation]

**Boston Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley and Bishops Thomas Dupre, Daniel P. Reilly and George Coleman also complained that the state high court ruling promotes "divisions in society by villainizing as bigotry the legitimate defense of thousands of years of tradition.**

Yeah for these stand up men!

[Salvation]

From the Catechism of the Catholic Church

1660 The marriage covenant, by which a man and a woman form with each other an intimate communion of life and love, has been founded and endowed with its own special laws by the Creator. By its very nature it is ordered to the good of the couple, as well as to the generation and education of children. Christ the Lord raised marriage between the baptized to the dignity of a sacrament (cf. CIC, can. 1055 § 1; cf. GS 48 § 1).

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1625 The parties to a marriage covenant are a baptized man and woman, free to contract marriage, who freely express their consent; "to be free" means:

- not being under constraint;

- not impeded by any natural or ecclesiastical law.

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[BikerNYC]

When these guys put their money where their mouths are -- by speaking out to make divorce illegal -- I'll listen to them.

A 43% or so divorce rate is not caused by gay marriage. They should stop throwing stones.

[Aquinasfan]

Ask him if he has so little respect for the bishop and for the Vatican why you should have any respect for him.

He's a cafeteria priest, unfortunately. Give him an inch and he takes a mile. Raised in the '60s...

[RobbyS]

Then let him know him they have a better cafeteria over at the ECUSA. ((:-)+