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Pope reaffirms Church’s stance against homosexual marriage
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.- One day after California overturned a ban on same-sex marriage, the Holy Father has firmly stated that only marriage between a man and a woman is moral. Yesterday, California’s Supreme Court came to a 4-3 decision overturning the state’s law preventing homosexuals from being recognized as married. While the Pope did not directly mention the ruling in California in his address to the Forum of Family Associations and the European Federation of Catholic Family Associations, Benedict XVI stressed the importance of the traditional family for the good of society. "The union of love, based on matrimony between a man and a woman, which makes up the family, represents a good for all society that can not be substituted by, confused with, or compared to other types of unions," he said. He continued by speaking of the rights of the traditional family, "founded on matrimony between a man and a woman, the natural cradle of human life." Mention of the need to defend the family is not uncharacteristic for Pope Benedict, but his statement takes on particular relevance following the California ruling. In the same address, the Pope emphasized the family’s importance by citing John Paul II, "the Pope of the family," who said that "the future of humanity passes by way of the family.” Subscriber comments:
Published by: Errol Smythe
United Kingdom 01/24/2009 05:31 AM EST
Sin is sin.
Let the Word of God judge you know or on judegment day. The fool has said there is no God. The Word of God condemns homosexuality. It is an abomination. ( Leviticus 18 verse 22). Food and drink goes into the disgetive tract and waste is defaecated via the waste tract. Do not pervert the digestive tract and do not pervert the waste tract. Live clean.Sin is filthy living.
Published by: Alan
London, UK 01/04/2009 11:19 AM EST
Why does catholicism think that it has the over riding capacity to govern and dictate over the whole of Humanity?
Was the Bible not written by the hand of man and therefore has mans prejudices included in the writings. When will the catholic church admit it is all about control and not about spiritual teachings or truth! This is probably why you will not print this comment!! Truth SHALL prevail
Published by: cathy
Ireland 12/25/2008 01:06 AM EST
How dare you call your selves Christians! If you were any way decent you would understand as jesus did, that we are as one; human. Love is a bond between two people, regardless of gender. The bible was written many years after the life of Jesus and as we all know, is inaccurate and speculative. As far as law is concerned, it is ever- evolving and apt to change as time goes on. If you are determind to live in the past, you will be left behind. If you are unable to understand love, you are unable to understand the basic fundamentals of Christianity.
Published by: Errol Smythe
UK 11/06/2008 12:10 PM EST
Thank God that people voted the way they did. Marriage has always been defined as that union between one man and one woman. The courts consulted their law books, they looked at legal precedents, they looked at case law, they looked at intrinsic and extrinsic aids, they looked at the Constitutyion of the United States, they looked at THE HOLY BIBLE,THEY LOOKED AT OTHER RELIGIOUS BOOKS: yes folks all these AFOREMENTIONED REFERENCED ITEMS REFERRED TO DEFINE MARRIAGE AS THAT UNION BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN.
Marriage is a hetereosexual institution.Marriage is not a homosexual institution.Marriage is between a man and a woman. There is no provision in the word "MARRIAGE" for same sex unions. Why should people that deny the sanctity of marriage want to adorn themselves with the respectability of the WORD "MARRIED?". It boggles the mind!. Go and educate yourselves. A man is born to be a man, and a woman is born to be a woman. Men and women marry and procreate and have children. Children born out of wedlock are bastards. Bastards are discriminated by current LAWS OF INHERITANCE.Go educate yourselves instead of having a tantrum. HOMOSEXUALITY IS CONDEMENED BY THE BIBLE (Leviticus 18 verse 22 and Genesis chapters 18 and 19 and Romans chapter 1). The all wise God knew that a vote for the OBAMA_BIDEN 2008 TICKET would ensure that BLACK VOTERS would vote against same sex unions because the BIBLE CONDEMNS HOMOSEXUALTY and the BIBLE defines marriage as between a man and a woman
Published by: Errol Smythe
UK 10/25/2008 01:50 AM EST
The drop in moral standards in recent years shows that mankind is living on the edge of civilisation. History shows that debauchery, perversion , moral decline signals the end of a so called civilization. Before judgement there is always a warning. There have been Biblical warnings, Judicial warnings, Political warnings, outrage from society warning against the tide of moral filth sweeping across the universe. Part of mankind is in danger of loosing their moral compass to those that have embraced moral perversity. When nature is perverted or tampered with there is always a penalty to pay. When mercy is spurned there is nothing left but judgement. We are at the end time. The world will end soon, just like Sodom and Gomorrah.Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed for their wicked works.Fire not water, will destroy the world in these last days. Errol Smythe.
Published by: Errol Smythe
UK 10/15/2008 03:21 PM EST
The State Supreme Courts should read their law books. Their law books recognise that marriage is the union between a man and a woman.Marriage certificates by the millions attest to that.
Marriage is defined as “..... the institution under which a man and a woman become legally united under a permanent basis.....”( Webster's Dictionary ). The State Supreme Court may be guilty of proverbially putting “.....lipstick on a pig...”. Literally speaking, a pig is a pig with or without lipstick.The lipstick doesnot change it's nature or it's character. Pinning the label of “marriage” on two people of the same sex makes a mockery of law books , judicial precedent, traditional christian values and traditional moral values that regard marriage as between a man and a women.A man marries a woman. The woman becomes the wife to the man who becomes her husband. For the courts to try and equate a man and a woman getting married in holy matrimony in the eyes of God to any same sex union under the definition of “...marriage ...” is to go against legal certainty and to introduce absurdity in the law. Right now there is a debate of changing marriage licence forms . What a legal mess !
Published by: Errol Smythe
UK 10/15/2008 03:18 PM EST
Homosexuality is condemned in the Bible. (Leviticus 18 verse 22; Romans 1 verse 24 to 32).
Published by: David
Bronx, NY USA 05/17/2008 03:30 PM EST
The vote in California by the Surpreme Court of that State was a minority decision that overturned the will of the people. It is worth noting that this vote had nothing to do with the pretenes of extending health benefits to one's chosen partner or hereditary rights to qualified beneficieries. This had to do with the pride of the gays to attmept to equalize thier lifestyle choices with those of herterosexuals without any of the subsequent responisbility of child raring or the sacrifice that comes along with being parents. They have not reached psychological maturity and can not be deemed equal to heterosexuals. Further the root of this is the homosexual pride and thier malevolent attack which they have been scheming for years against conventional society.The root of homosexuality is not love but pride and masked hatred. Gay marriage is an attack against society.
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