It won’t change it at all, but right is right and wrong is wrong. Gay marriage is morally wrong and there is no reason that government should sanction it. That’s what the Catholic Church teaches. The divorce rate and gay marriage are two different issues.
Just like the government takes such a strong stance on pre-marital sex, divorce, pornography, (in the case of parts of Nevada) prostitution, and other morally wrong actions.
It’s not a matter of living in a theocracy. Even non-religious people often understand that gay marriage shouldn’t be sanctioned. There was a time when government took a strong stance against all those morally reprehensible matters just like it continues to condemn robbery, murder, etc. Our society is not libertarian. Every law involves a moral judgement.
My brother (convert to LDS) and his wife are canvasing their neighborhood in support of Prop. 8, as are many in his ward. You have to give credit where it is due. When it comes to getting its members out onto the streets, the LDS church is pretty solid.
Hi cheese,
It is great to read that Catholics are involved with this. I think a lot of mainline Protestants are more likely to support traditional marriage than their liberal ministers. I’m glad it’s turning around.
Yes, yes. It’s true we don’t live in a theocracy, but that’s not really the point with respect to marriage. Our society (indeed ALL societies) have recognized and honored the institution primarily because society recognizes that the ideal of marriage is a stable environment for the generation and raising of children; a process that cannot happen within a so-called “gay marriage.” The hard reality is that society sanctions the institution of marriage because the institution provides a level of stability to society. A “gay marriage” offers no such stability. It is, unlike traditional marriage, essentially a selfish institution that would provide the benefit of public sanction to an institution that is not equiped to provide the same benefits back to society as does the traditional marriage institution.
Two Bishops in California; Weigand & Neideraur both spent time in Salt Lake at the Cathedral of the Madeline. While here they both got tight with LDS leadership. They were discussing on the radio this morning how Weigand & Neideraur were calling in favors at LDS central
It’s great to see them working together. We’ve pretty much reached the point where if we don’t hang together we’ll all hang separately …
Are you pro-gay marriage? Nothing you have said here has anything to do with accepting the redefinition of marriage. Are Eastern Orthodox in favor of accepting state recognition of gay marriage?
Howdy BD what’s happening?
Therefore, I see no problem with that. What a big fuss over nothing. If their churches are willing to bless their union, they should have nothing to complain about, since they have legal protection and church approval for their relationship. Why call it marriage?
I agree
I agree with you on this mfb. Essentially, the only thing Prop. 8 “bans” is the “right” to call a homosexual domestic partnership a “marriage.” It has no impact at all on homosexual substantive rights. It is simply a return to reason on the matter of what a marriage is, and what it is not.
Hi mfb,