Madrid, Spain, Jul 5, 2004 / 22:00 pm
The Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain, Antonio Cañizares, reminded “Catholic lawmakers” this week of their “serious responsibility” to oppose the legalization of homosexual marriage.
During Sunday Mass at the Cathedral of Toledo, Archbishop Cañizares underscored that “the union of persons of the same sex is in no way similar or equal to marriage.”
He said a proposal for homosexual marriage that is currently under debate in the Spanish congress is “a deception that contradicts the very essence of marriage and is another type of union that is completely distinct from marriage and goes against a proper anthropology, and its legalization as marriage is a grave injustice against true marriage and society.”
“I cannot nor should not remain silent in the wake of approval this week by a majority in the House of Representatives of an unlawful proposal that calls for the government to submit to Parliament a bill that would approve and regulate so-called ‘marriage’ between persons of the same sex, including the possibility of the adoption of children,” the archbishop said.