A Religious Push Against Gay Unions

[davidinalameda]

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/24/washington/24catholic.html?hp&ex=1145851200&en=f6d33477f97a1a32&ei=5094&partner=homepage

About 50 prominent religious leaders, including seven Roman Catholic cardinals and about a half-dozen archbishops, have signed a petition in support of a constitutional amendment blocking same-sex marriage.

Organizers of the petition said it was in part an effort to revive the groundswell of opposition to same-sex marriage that helped bring many conservative voters to the polls in some pivotal states in 2004. The signers include many influential evangelical Protestants, a few rabbis and an official of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

But both the organizers and gay rights groups said what was striking about the petition was the direct involvement by high-ranking Roman Catholic officials, including 16 bishops. Although the church has long opposed same-sex unions, and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops had previously endorsed the idea of a constitutional amendment banning such unions, it was evangelical Protestants who generally led the charge when the amendment was debated in 2004.

[AndyA]

1. I would like for those 50 prominent religious leaders to tell me which

Bible they've been studying. I'd like to know which version says it's OK to condemn others, judge them, treat them differently. Which Bible tells us it's OK to practice and teach hatred toward others.

And then I'd like for them to tell me how they're going to explain their actions to their maker, who is surely shaking his head in shame at them.

Discrimination, hatred, and condemnation are not religious values.

[MADem]

2. Well, maybe it's time to push back against religious unions

Make people go to city hall first, and sign the contract in front of a justice of the peace. Fork over some dough, too, in addition to the license fees. Then, if they want their little religious ceremony, they can pay extra for it.

[Siyahamba]

3. Good to see they have their priorities set

And they wonder why their parishes are losing money and they have to close churches.