Boston, Mass., Mar 11, 2004 / 22:00 pm
The Archbishop of Boston supports a legal amendment to protect the definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman but discourages a proposal that would introduce same-sex civil unions and same-sex couple benefits into the same measure.
"We support the Marriage Affirmation and Protection Amendment as it has been presented, without the introduction of civil-unions language," wrote Archbishop Sean P. O’Malley. "A debate about social benefits given to other individuals in our law is a separate issue."