+Dolan: 'TAMPER WITH MARRIAGE & WE'RE IN BIG TROUBLE'

[didymus]

NY POST:

’TAMPER WITH MARRIAGE & WE’RE IN BIG TROUBLE’

Archbishop Timothy Dolan yesterday said advocates of gay marriage “are asking for trouble,” arguing that traditional, one-man/one-woman marriage is rooted in people’s moral DNA.

“There’s an in-built code of right and wrong that’s embedded in the human DNA,” Dolan told The Post in an exclusive, wide-ranging interview, a week after becoming the New York Archdiocese’s new leader.

"Hard-wired into us is a dictionary, and the dictionary defines marriage as between one man, one woman for life, please God, leading to the procreation of human life.
“And if we begin to tamper with the very definition of marriage, then we’re going to be in big trouble. We’re not anti-gay – we’re pro the most basic definition of marriage.”

Dolan’s remarks come a week after Gov. Paterson held a press conference to announce his push for legislation allowing gay marriage, a move critics viewed as a provocative insult to the former Milwaukee archbishop on the eve of his installation at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

 

[aggiecatholic05]

before this week i had never heard of Dolan. the more and more i read the more im thinking thats a big loss on my part. this guy is awesome, we need more like him!

 

[Mark77]

I just spoke to a priest in the Archdiocese of NY who had just come out of meeting with Archbishop Dolan, and he was so motivated.

He spoke of the inspirational leadership of Archbishop Dolan that was honest and “freeing”!

We need more leaders who are joyous in their total love for Jesus Christ and His Catholic Church!

God Bless Archbishop Dolan, as he will surely be assaulted by Satan’s henchmen in New York!!!

Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, Ora Pro Nobis Peccatoribus!

Mark

 

[dixieagle]

I just love Abp. Dolan, the more I read about him.

 

[Michael_C]

This is great news. I hope he stands his ground. The media attacks are soon to come. New York City needs an outspoken Bishop.

 

[Dandelion_Wine]

I miss him already. Well, it already shows that God has bigger plans for our beloved Archbishop.

 

[srlucado]

Thanks for the link…I found this particularly interesting (emphasis mine):

…Dolan cited the archdiocese’s Catholic Charities arm for advancing a “pro-life” message by operating a nursery for babies born to inmates at the Bedford Hills women’s prison in Westchester County, which he visited this week.

"That’s pro-life at its best, and that’s where we gain credibility for our message – if we are giving the kind of creative, life-giving alternative to what we call the ‘culture of death,’ " Dolan said. “So it’s not just that we’re constantly condemning something, it’s that we’re proposing an alternative.”

I think that’s very true–despite the media’s ingrained ability to ignore facts in pursuit of their prejudices. Besides, doing good work is its own reward.