Posted on 06/17/2015 6:35:00 AM PDT by marshmallow
Advocates slam ‘desperate’ letter from Catholic bishops warning children ‘same-sex friendships’ are very different from ‘real marriages’
A booklet warning that “same-sex friendships” are very different from “real marriages” has been distributed directly to school students around Australia as part of the Catholic church’s lobbying against changes to the Marriage Act.
The wide distribution of the pastoral letter from the Catholic bishops of Australia has angered supporters of same-sex marriage, who say they are shocked at the discriminatory message it sends to vulnerable young people who are coming to terms with their sexuality. Tony Abbott losing support over same-sex marriage and housing affordability
The letter is part of a conservative pushback against what appears to be growing momentum for same-sex marriage to be legislated in Australia.
The latest Fairfax Ipsos poll, published on Monday, showed public support for changing the Marriage Act stood at 68%. The poll results coincided with the resumption of debate in the lower house on the marriage equality bill proposed by the Labor leader, Bill Shorten.
The Catholic pastoral letter, titled Don’t Mess With Marriage, was published online by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference in late May, but since that time has been distributed directly to students in numerous schools.
It is understood Catholic schools in New South Wales, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory and South Australia are among those to have distributed the letter. The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference said it was left up to bishops in individual dioceses to decide how to distribute the letter.
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Yes, lets’ not “degrade” people by pointing out their mental illness.
Catering to people’s delusions does NOT help them.
Pointing out their delusions does NOT degrade them.
but the have no problem ‘degrading’ Catholics or traditional marriage
> Yes, lets’ not “degrade” people by pointing out their mental illness.
The Left certainly doesn’t mind pointing it out if it will keep someone frin owning a gun...
You can’t degrade sodomites. They’ve already degraded themselves.
My thoughts exactly. How do you degrade a person whose main person in life is to stick their Johnson into as many different rectums as possible?
How long before Catholic clergy is forced to choose between faith and jail?
It wouldn’t be the first time.
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