Should the Church encourage peaceful activism for the family and Man/Woman marriages?

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Should the Church encourage peaceful activism for the family and Man/Woman marriages?

**I believe I’ve heard of pro-family or pro-heterosexual marriage marches but I don’t think they happen very often at least not as often as the Gay Pride marches.

Wouldn’t it be nice if the Catholic Church organized a peaceful pro-family (Man, woman and child) or pro-heterosexual marriage march? Maybe there is such a thing and I just haven’t heard about it.**

Please provide links if you know of any.

Shouldn’t we as Catholics be peaceful activists for marriage and the family?

The pro-homosexual cause has gotten very far because of their activism we need to be activists for the family.
 
Wouldn’t it be nice if the Catholic Church organized a peaceful pro-family (Man, woman and child) or pro-heterosexual marriage march? Maybe there is such a thing and I just haven’t heard about it.

Activism is usually determined by the amount of money a certain group can generate. The animal rights nuts are loaded,look at all the nuts in Hollywood. Mary Tylor moore comes to mind with her full page ads against the lobster fest in ME.

Homosexuals are backed by famous hollywood types as well, Cher is into promoting it.

Conventional families really don’t have the $$$$ backing to become activists. Let’s face it.
 
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Lilyofthevalley:
Wouldn’t it be nice if the Catholic Church organized a peaceful pro-family (Man, woman and child) or pro-heterosexual marriage march? Maybe there is such a thing and I just haven’t heard about it.

Activism is usually determined by the amount of money a certain group can generate. The animal rights nuts are loaded,look at all the nuts in Hollywood. Mary Tylor moore comes to mind with her full page ads against the lobster fest in ME.

Homosexuals are backed by famous hollywood types as well, Cher is into promoting it.

Conventional families really don’t have the $$$$ backing to become activists. Let’s face it.
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If there were a peaceful pro-famil group that raised money it could go toward getting Catholic Schools back in gear, and a priority in parishes throughout the country. If I could AFFORD a good Catholic School for my children I would consider it rather than Catholic homeschool.(but we love homeschool too) The money could also go toward pregnancy help centers, and Christian homosexual support groups. Funny, the gays rights activists don’t give* them* any money… The Courage and Encourage support groups and Feminists for Life could join in the parade too! :yup:

Much better than spending millions to “save crustaceans”
 
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Lilyofthevalley:
Wouldn’t it be nice if the Catholic Church organized a peaceful pro-family (Man, woman and child) or pro-heterosexual marriage march? Maybe there is such a thing and I just haven’t heard about it.

Activism is usually determined by the amount of money a certain group can generate. The animal rights nuts are loaded,look at all the nuts in Hollywood. Mary Tylor moore comes to mind with her full page ads against the lobster fest in ME.

Homosexuals are backed by famous hollywood types as well, Cher is into promoting it.

Conventional families really don’t have the $$$$ backing to become activists. Let’s face it.
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Conventional families might not have the $$$$ but the Catholic Church sure does.
 
It’s not a bad idea, but I think the proper place for pro-marriage activism is *in your marriage, *whose witness will be noticed by coworkers, friends and family if the love, honor, fidelity and joy are there. When my husband and I married, we were surprised to find that anti-marriage, anti-spouse jokes were almost de riguer at the office…people were very much taken aback when we happily raved about each other and married life, with all its twists and turns not excepted.

Numerous friends have told us that because of the way we treat each other and talk about each other, and our refusal to enter into the all-too-common “ball and chain”-type references, they have begun to view the meaning of marriage with fresh eyes.

We may not have the money, but we all have the daily opportunities to be “activists for marriage,” as you put it.
 
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maendem:
It’s not a bad idea, but I think the proper place for pro-marriage activism is *in your marriage, *whose witness will be noticed by coworkers, friends and family if the love, honor, fidelity and joy are there. When my husband and I married, we were surprised to find that anti-marriage, anti-spouse jokes were almost de riguer at the office…people were very much taken aback when we happily raved about each other and married life, with all its twists and turns not excepted.

Numerous friends have told us that because of the way we treat each other and talk about each other, and our refusal to enter into the all-too-common “ball and chain”-type references, they have begun to view the meaning of marriage with fresh eyes.

We may not have the money, but we all have the daily opportunities to be “activists for marriage,” as you put it.
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Ordnarily, I would agree with a laid-back approach like this, however, our culture is truly under siege. I live in Massachusetts. We have same-sex marriage. It’s not a good thing and it has opened the door for all sorts of educational ‘opportunities’ in the public schools. The time for quiet activism was 30 years ago when groups were pushing for no-fault divorce.

We need to do more because the rate at which society is going to go down hill is going to pick up speed quite rapidly…
 
The greatest threat to marriage is divorce. And there is no amount of marching that is going to put an end to that.
 
:yup: spread the great news of being married within the standards of Genisis… within the Church
 
Bishops should encourage each other to act like princes of the church. Lead and the faithful will follow. I think it was 40 catholic politicans who voted for gay marriage in Canada and none of them got bounced and only three got a local reprimand.

God Bless
 
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maendem:
It’s not a bad idea, but I think the proper place for pro-marriage activism is *in your marriage, *whose witness will be noticed by coworkers, friends and family if the love, honor, fidelity and joy are there. When my husband and I married, we were surprised to find that anti-marriage, anti-spouse jokes were almost de riguer at the office…people were very much taken aback when we happily raved about each other and married life, with all its twists and turns not excepted.

Numerous friends have told us that because of the way we treat each other and talk about each other, and our refusal to enter into the all-too-common “ball and chain”-type references, they have begun to view the meaning of marriage with fresh eyes.

We may not have the money, but we all have the daily opportunities to be “activists for marriage,” as you put it.
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I agree, we do all have the daily opportuntities to be activists for marriage but sadly most married couples are only together in the evenings (at home) or on the weekends because of working hours. Except for being attending Mass my husband and I hardly go out on the weekends. Not a whole lot of public exposure if you know what I mean.

When I think of pro-family/pro-traditional marriage activism (marches and rallies) I envison families, it would be great to see the six or more children families (they still exist, but you don’t seem them often because most are homeschooling) mom, dad and children marching (holding hands) and married couples arm n’ arm or hand n’ hand. Are there any marches such as these? Hope the wording is understandable.
 
My son tried to organize a great to be straight rally in Chicago as his Junior civics project(We live 2-3 hours south of the city). I was surprized that he felt so strongly and even more surprized that the school approved this project. He applied to the city of Chicago to hold a peaceful demonstration but he was denied on the basis that this may enflame the gay community. Hmmm…but it is ok for there to be gay pride parades several times a year there. He was upset that they discriminated against hetrosexuals (majority) in favor of homosexuals (minority). I was kinda ticked as well because I thought it was a lame excuse.
 
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BlestOne:
My son tried to organize a great to be straight rally in Chicago as his Junior civics project(We live 2-3 hours south of the city). I was surprized that he felt so strongly and even more surprized that the school approved this project. He applied to the city of Chicago to hold a peaceful demonstration but he was denied on the basis that this may enflame the gay community. Hmmm…but it is ok for there to be gay pride parades several times a year there. He was upset that they discriminated against hetrosexuals (majority) in favor of homosexuals (minority). I was kinda ticked as well because I thought it was a lame excuse.
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Me, too, re: lame excuse. I am sure if Alderman Mell’s daughter, or the Attorney General, wanted to have something gay pride-ish, it would be done quickly enough.

There’s always Rockford and Peoria- not as big, but with places to do it.
 
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OutinChgoburbs:
Me, too, re: lame excuse. I am sure if Alderman Mell’s daughter, or the Attorney General, wanted to have something gay pride-ish, it would be done quickly enough.

There’s always Rockford and Peoria- not as big, but with places to do it.
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You are soo right!!! We live in Champaign county and they could use something like this too…darn university is full of bleeding heart liberals!
 
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