Gay Marriage Bad, Irregular Marriages Okay?

By John 6:54

So one of the latest controversies brewing in Washington D.C. is the D.C. city council is about to pass a law legalizing “gay” marriage.  As I understand it the Catholic Church currently partners & contracts with the city to provide services to those in need.  With the legalization of “gay” marriage in D.C. the Catholic Church would need to provide benefits to same sex partners in order to continue to qualify for future city contracts.  The Archbishop of Washington D.C. has said this cannot be done in order to stay faithful to the Gospel and the beliefs of the Catholic Church and is looking for a compromise with the city, basically an exemption.

While I believe the Archbishop to be correct in recognizing that the Catholic Church cannot condone “gay” marriage by offering benefits to same sex partners what I want to know is why church is okay with providing benefits to those in “irregular” marriage situations, irregular meaning those who are divorced and remarried without an annulment.  Both “marriages”, gay or irregular, are sinful to my knowledge although I’m sure to differing degrees.  Does anyone know how or where the Catholic Church explains this seemingly compliance with irregular marriages as it concern secular employment benefits?  As I would like to understand it better.

December 2nd, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Homosexuality, Politics | Comments are closed

The Persecution is Coming? Or is it Already Here?

By John 6:54

I posted this more than a year ago.

http://www.gettomass.com/2008/06/gay-marriage/

Since then both California & Maine have had ballot initiatives that beat back Gay Marriage for the 30th & 31st straight time where the people were allowed to vote on the issue.  But the defeat of gay marriage in both California & Maine took contributions from across the country in order to succeed.  Groups like Missouri’s “Show Me No Hate” are now picketing at the Cathedral in St. Louis because a $10,000 contribution that was made to Maine’s Gay Marriage fight from the Dioceses of St. Louis.  Show Me No Hate claims that the money should have gone to feed the poor, even though the Catholic Church does more to feed and cloth the poor than any organization in the world 10 times over.  If “Show Me No Hate” is so concerned about the feeding and clothing the poor I would like to know what they are doing about the problem in St. Louis.  Anything?  Has their group given any time or money to help the poor?  I would doubt it but they can find time to picket a Catholic Church on a Sunday afternoon throughout the month of December.

Wake up people the persecution is already here.  If people are picketing Mass goers in St. Louis it will be very soon that they will be outside your parish the next time you Get To Mass.

December 1st, 2009 | Tags: | Category: Homosexuality | One comment - (Comments are closed)
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