Guadalajara, Mexico, Sep 28, 2010 / 00:52 am
The Archbishop of Guadalajara, Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniguez, charged last week that the laws recently passed in Mexico City relaxing abortion restrictions, allowing same-sex marriage and adoption by homosexual couples are contrary to the natural order and to democracy.
In an article published by the archdiocese’s newspaper Semanario, the cardinal explained that the laws are “immoral and greatly endanger the country.” He added that “if they are implemented, they will seriously damage the life of the nation and the institution of marriage.”
These laws go against “the natural law which we will all have imprinted on our hearts and that is inscribed in nature,” Cardinal Iniguez said.
The cardinal went on to note that the new norms “harm or contradict Sacred Scripture and the Christian faith that is shared by the majority of the Mexican people. For this reason, the result is that these laws go against the opinion of the majority. There were even polls on the adoption of children by homosexual couples, for example, and most people said they were against them.”