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Related: About this forumCatholic Church wrong on gay nuptials
Catholic leaders, including the newly announced archbishop of San Francisco, Salvatore Cordileone, have issued predictable, negative, cliche-ridden responses to President Obama's support of gay marriage. They ignore the reality that the evolving thinking of the president is reflective of a growing number of American citizens, and also ignore the undeniable fact that as the Catholic Church hierarchy increases the volume of its opposition to same-sex marriage, a growing number of American Catholics are heading in the opposite direction.
Cordileone is the U.S. bishops' point man in their futile battle against same-sex marriage and the major Catholic cheerleader for Proposition 8. He will find some Catholic support for his position here, but he should be aware that a substantial number of faithful Catholics in his new flock strongly disagree with him.
In 2000, 61 percent of Californians opposed same-sex marriage. In 2008, that number dropped to 53 percent. When Prop. 8 passed, Cordileone insisted the will of the voters be respected. It is hoped he will respect the will of the voters when Californians, including a growing majority of Catholics, vote to approve same-sex marriage in the not-too-distant future.
Polling makes clear it is only a matter of time before same-sex marriage will be the law of the land. In every recent poll, Catholic support for same-sex marriage is between 52 and 58 percent. Many voters respond to the issue of equality, and they also see the weaknesses in the Catholic position, with its inaccurate reading of history, flawed application of natural law, and sometimes-blatant- sometimes-nuanced disrespect for gays and lesbians.
http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Catholic-Church-wrong-on-gay-nuptials-3761397.php#ixzz22g2LkFE5
Cordileone is the U.S. bishops' point man in their futile battle against same-sex marriage and the major Catholic cheerleader for Proposition 8. He will find some Catholic support for his position here, but he should be aware that a substantial number of faithful Catholics in his new flock strongly disagree with him.
In 2000, 61 percent of Californians opposed same-sex marriage. In 2008, that number dropped to 53 percent. When Prop. 8 passed, Cordileone insisted the will of the voters be respected. It is hoped he will respect the will of the voters when Californians, including a growing majority of Catholics, vote to approve same-sex marriage in the not-too-distant future.
Polling makes clear it is only a matter of time before same-sex marriage will be the law of the land. In every recent poll, Catholic support for same-sex marriage is between 52 and 58 percent. Many voters respond to the issue of equality, and they also see the weaknesses in the Catholic position, with its inaccurate reading of history, flawed application of natural law, and sometimes-blatant- sometimes-nuanced disrespect for gays and lesbians.
http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Catholic-Church-wrong-on-gay-nuptials-3761397.php#ixzz22g2LkFE5
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Catholic Church wrong on gay nuptials (Original Post)
SecularMotion
Aug 2012
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xchrom
(108,903 posts)1. Du rec. Nt
cbayer
(146,218 posts)2. Good to see this coming from inside the church. Good article.
HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)3. They don't have to marry gay couples
any more than they have to marry divorced couples. The Catholic Church considers divorce and re-marriage to be a sin, but they say nothing about CIVIL re-marriage. Why aren't they working to ban civil re-marriage too?
dimbear
(6,271 posts)4. It's too bad Pope Julius III came along before popes were infallible.
That could have worked this whole thing out.
MissMarple
(9,656 posts)5. Thanks for the link.