Reply #12: The Ecumenical Catholic Church files a "Formal Request to Invalidate Proposition 8" [View All]

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http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/supreme/highprofile/documents/s168047-letter-support-ecumencial.pdf


Wow! Check out their arguments:

Proposition 8 inserts a false statement into the California Constitution

"...The statement is theologically false because validity of marriage is determined by the commitment of the couple and the blessing of God....There are many valid marriages not recognized by the government, and there are many marriages recognized by the government that various denominational regulations would not consider valid. But to categorically make a statement that appears to apply to every religious organization within the state is simply false."

"...No one can tell me or anyone else whose marriage I recognize, either as a clergy person or simply as a human being..."

Proposition 8 makes the constitution self-contradictory

The Supreme Court has already declared that the California Constitution requires marriage equality. Prop. 8 does not remove any language from the constitution. It merely inserts a single sentence that contradicts the entirety of the existing document..."

Proposition 8 violates freedom of religion

"This church shall hold no regard for a person's race, color, gender, sexual orientation or preference...limiting marriage equality to different-sex couples has always violated our religious freedom..."

"The religious community is far from united on Proposition 8"

The word is important "Civil unions and domestic partnerships, and even "holy unions," cannot convey the emotional component of marriage....
that emotional component -- which is conveyed almost entirely by the word marriage itself - is what strengthens the family."

"It is uplifting to see the advancement of the gay community in this realization"

<much more at the link!>

Most Rev. Mark S. Shirilau, Ph.D. :yourock: