Catholic bishops are getting political in California, where they've endorsed Proposition 8, the amendment some hope will ban gay marriage in the Golden State.
The California Catholic Conference issued a statement Friday strongly encouraging members of the faith "to provide both the financial support and the volunteer efforts needed for the passage of Proposition 8."In the statement, the bishops say their position is based partly on the presumption that while all people deserve to be treated with dignity, being raised by a married mother and father is "the ideal for the well being of children."
Meanwhile, state attorney general Jerry Brown said yesterday that Proposition 8 should not - and would not - invalidate same-sex marriages that have already gone down.
I believe that marriages that have been entered into subsequent to the (May 15) Supreme Court opinion will be recognized by the California Supreme Court. I would think the court, in looking at the underlying equities, would most probably conclude that upholding the marriages performed in that interval (before the election) would be a just result.
Brown garnered some conservative ire last month when he changed Proposition 8's language in what some call a more forceful, discriminatory direction. Many believe the alterations will spur people to vote against the measure. Brown insists his language remains neutral.
As the Roman Catholic Church's slide into irrelevancy continues to accelerate …
Keep your fucking religion out of my government!
What the hell are they thinking? The Catholic religion I was raised in was apolitical. Now, it seems aligned with the right winged whackos, and Nazi Pope Benny jumps in his red shoes at every opportunity to meet the grandson of Nazi Prescott Bush.
"the presumption that … being raised by a married mother and father is “the ideal for the well being of children.”
Yeah, OK, whatever–cling to any moldy old "ideals" you want (I mean, we ARE talking about an institution whose fashion sense stopped in the 12th century or so), but do please try to keep your crappy ideals for people who voluntarily choose to associate with them, and leave me the fuck alone.
I thought when churches actively endorsed a particular political position or candidate they risked losing their tax exempt status. Moreover, contributions to Political Action Groups (which the church appears to be acting as) are also not tax exempt. Somebody in CA ought to sue.
@Rayrayj: Tax exempt status is a little murky in this case. I think they can't endorse particular parties or candidates, but they can support initiatives. Or, something like that. On top of that, the Bush justice department would have to enforce the law and, well, you know how that would go.
A petty old bachelor NAZI Youth member wearing a f*cking white dress, Prada red pumps and a tiara…is the ultimate expert on HET marriage.
Rattzi…go hide you altar boy buggering Bishops…and BITCH, GET OFF MY DRESS!
Any queer who thinks you are ever going to be accepted by the Roman Catholic Church in the next 500 years is G*D DAMN DELUDED, so cry for your smells and bells….. and LEAVE.
If Spain (nearly 100% Catholics) can tell the Catholic Church to leave their queers alone so can America.
They should lose their tax exemption. And have all their altar boys taken away to safe houses.
Duhh…
Todd, FYI, Catholics invented politics.