A Catholic Case for Gay Marriage
For all of my 81 years I have absorbed, lived and taught the doctrines and spirituality of the Roman Catholic Church. My Church has directed me well to love what is right and just. Not only to stand up...
View ArticleMD: Catholic Archbishop Tried to Talk Governor Out of Marriage Equality Support
Two days before Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) announced plans to sponsor a same-sex marriage bill, a Catholic archbishop strongly urged that he reconsider the move, suggesting the governor was...
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UK: Catholic Archbishop Launches Attack on Marriage Equality Plan in Churches
The head of the Roman Catholic Church in England will be the latest church leader to try to ambush the prime minister’s attempt to legalise same-sex marriage when he launches his “no” campaign from the...
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Scotland, United Kingdom: Top Catholic Wants Public Vote on Marriage Equality
Cardinal Keith O’Brien, Britain’s top Catholic, says that “intense public interest in the issue” warrants a public referendum on same-sex marriage in Scotland, as the government prepares to announce...
View ArticleMaine, USA: Ex Bishop Says Vote for Marriage Equality “Unfaithful to Catholic...
The former bishop of Maine today released a statement saying that any Catholic who votes in favour of equal marriage “is unfaithful to Catholic doctrine.” Richard J Malone, now head of the Roman...
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Wisconsin, USA: Bishop Calls Vote for Equality a Vote for “Evil”
Conservative pastors are really laying on the histrionics ahead of the election. First there was Maryland Rev. Robert Anderson using scripture to say that people who support equality are “worthy of...
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Washington, USA: Archbishop’s Statement Proves Marriage Equality Doesn’t Need...
In the wake of Washington state voters approving the state’s new civil marriage and religious freedom law, which allows same-sex couples to marry, Archbishop J. Peter Sartain has summarized...
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Rhode Island, USA: Catholic Bishop Says Marriage Equality Sanctions “Immoral...
Another day brings another anti-gay condemnation from a Catholic bishop. Over the weekend, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island published his own screed attacking the proposed advance of...
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Australia: Catholic Professor Backs Marriage Equality
A Catholic professor in Australia has flipped and now supports marriage equality, as long as religioins aren’t requred to marry same sex couples. Gay Star News reports: Father Brennan, a Jesuit priest...
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The Things We Share: A Catholic’s Case for Same-Sex Marriage
There’s this guy I know in Manhattan. Call him Jim. Jim Watson. We’re friends, I guess. We used to be friends, anyway–grabbing a hamburger together near Gramercy Park, from time to time, or meeting out...
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