"As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live." Pope John Paul IILeaked US Bishops Draft Marriage Pastoral Letter Strong, but Under Fire from Dissidents
At their upcoming general assembly in Baltimore from November 16-19, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will debate and vote on a new pastoral letter on marriage. A draft of the letter, entitled 'Love and Life in the Divine Plan,' has been leaked, and is already being praised by Catholic and pro-family leaders as a strong presentation of the Church's teaching on marriage and a forceful rebuke of cultural attacks on authentic marriage and family life. Better late than never...too many of our Bishops have been silent since Vatican II. Fortunately, some of them are waking up forty years later.
The letter, meant to be an important component of the USCCB's National Pastoral Initiative for Marriage, is addressed "first and foremost to the Catholic faithful in the United States," but is also meant to reach all men and women "in the hope of inspiring them to embrace this teaching."
Wealthy homosexual activist advises ‘active measures’ against religious opponents
Does "active measures" mean forcing your lifestyle on everyone else?
Delivering an acceptance speech for a GLSEN award, a wealthy homosexual activist has attacked Catholic leaders, saying they are among his movement’s “greatest adversaries.” He called on his allies to combat “head-on” religious organizations opposed to homosexual causes and to take “active measures” against them. At its Oct. 9 Respect Awards event in Los Angeles, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) honored David Bohnett, the cable network HBO and screenwriter Shonda Rhimes with its Lifetime Achievement Award. They were awarded for what GLSEN called “their commitment to all America's students, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity/expression.”
Bohnett was the founder of the 1990s internet venture Geocities, which was purchased by Yahoo in 1999 near the peak of the technology stock bubble. He now heads the David Bohnett Foundation, an organization which says it is “committed to improving society through social activism.” Does "social activism" mean forcing your lifestyle on everyone else?
From the Catechism:
2358 The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God's will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition.
1660 The marriage covenant, by which a man and a woman form with each other an intimate communion of life and love, has been founded and endowed with its own special laws by the Creator. By its very nature it is ordered to the good of the couple, as well as to the generation and education of children. Christ the Lord raised marriage between the baptized to the dignity of a sacrament .
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This may be a bit off topic, though maybe not so much. There is a movement, often among the evangelicals, that I think we as Catholics might want to get behind. As a single middle aged man, finally looking for a wife, this certainly has drawn my interest. Coming to the Church sort of helped me get my head on straight, but marriage, regardless of religion these days, is a very dubious proposition for any man. This movement would make marriage more viable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covenant_marriage
As for gays, lesbians, and whatnot, they have two choices. Either they follow God and understand sin, avoiding it as well as they are able and seeking forgiveness in contrition when they do not avoid it, or they do not. Bold faced, in my face, sinning, is not the way to my compassion. Perhaps we ought to be pushing for programs to get these people sorted out and straight, or at least help them understand that homosexuality and such is a choice, and a sin, not a fact.
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