Bishops mailing Minnesota Catholics DVD opposing gay marriage

[dflprincess]

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/faith/103494984.html

More than 400,000 DVDs are being mailed to the homes of Minnesota Catholics on Wednesday, courtesy of Catholic bishops in the state who want to stop the campaign to legalize same-sex marriage in its tracks. Critics say the mailing, from state bishops, is aimed at November voters.


The 18-minute DVD includes an appearance from St. Paul and Minneapolis Archbishop John Nienstedt in which he says it is time for Minnesotans -- not the "ruling elite" of legislators and judges -- to vote on a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman. Thirty-one states have passed such an amendment.

"It is the people themselves and not politicians or judges who should make this decision," Nienstedt says on the DVD. "This is the only way to put the one man, one woman definition of marriage beyond the reach of the courts and politicians."

Gay advocates who have worked to change the Catholic Church's stand on same-sex marriage said that coming six weeks before the November general election, the DVD distribution is aimed squarely at voters. "It's an effort to have Catholics vote the way the bishops want them to vote, but by and large Catholic voters are
well-educated and they are independent-minded," said Brian McNeill, president of Dignity Twin Cities. The group for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people works to change what it calls the "antiquated sexual theology" of the church. "We would like to talk to the archbishop about it, but he won't talk to us," McNeill said.

[Cornus]

1. Shouldn't that be enough to revoke their tax exempt status?

Why doesn't the IRS take a stand when churches function in this manner?

[Deep13]

2. Those who don't play the game shouldn't make the rules.

Anyway, aren't there some children they could be raping somewhere? Those guys have zero credibility on "moral" issues.