re: rare interracial SSM: It might be because people afflicted with homosexuality only constitute 1-3% of the global population, although it might be slightly higher in Canada now that’s an official, state sponsored disorder.
As a Canadian, I can only see this as the culmination of many years of political apathy and inactivity of the religious & moral. We seem to have slipped into a state of permanent ignorance and passivity while our rights are subtlely eroded and our parliamentary democracy replaced by this judiciary Leviathan. What’s most frustrating is how many people, especially good and devout Catholics, think we should just let ‘secular Canada’ go about its business as ‘it’ll eventually collapse’. They seldom give any thought as to the ramifications such a collapse will have on their own rights and freedoms.
As a Catholic, I look at this and see the challenge we North Americans have largely avoided while the rest of the faithful fought for its existence across the globe. My fellow committed & young Catholics are under no illusions about the battles ahead. Msrs Martin & Chretien have provided us with text-book examples of extreme corruption and the inherent malignancy of popular streams of thought. We know that too many of our parent’s generation fell captive into the hands of relativism and escapism by neglecting to stand in the face of secular tyranny and simply turning the other cheek.
As a young person, I am disheartened by the silence of so many of our bishops. Leadership is crucial. Why is it that Cardinal Ouellet & Bishops Henry, Gagnon, Collins & Roussin are exceptions to the rule? If we lose our tax-exempt status in Canada, the faithful will not stop supporting the Church - yet this is the very reason so many bishops allude to after their own reticence draws uproar from their congregations.
Shoshana - if are serious about getting involved, first read Douglas Farrow’s essay - it can be found on
lifesite.net.
