Opposition to homosexual marriage increasing

Opposition to homosexual marriage increasing

Christian conservative groups see advantage in homosexual marriage issue, says Washington Post:

In an unexpected shift in the electoral landscape, polls show that public support of gay rights in general, and of “civil unions” for same-sex couples in particular, has fallen about 10 percentage points since the court’s June 26 ruling.
Leaders of the Christian Right say this is because Americans have realized that the legalization of gay marriage, which once seemed remote, is suddenly a real possibility.
“We can prevail on this one. That’s all the buzz among Christian groups,” said the Rev. Rob Schenck, co-founder of Faith and Action in the Nation’s Capital, which evangelizes among federal officials. “This is an opportunity to stop the liberal social juggernaut that has been in motion for 40 years.”

Posted by Lawrence Auster at July 31, 2003 05:54 PM | Send

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The Pope was the top story on the front page of CNN.com for a few hours, though the story has dropped off the front page completely now.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/07/31/vatican.gay.marriages/index.html
From the story: “The Vatican has launched a global campaign against gay marriages, warning Catholic politicians that support of same-sex unions is ‘gravely immoral.’”

There was a link to the full document released by the Vatican: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20030731_homosexual-unions_en.html

Posted by: Thrasymachus on July 31, 2003 6:47 PM

The Vatican’s opposition has gotten some news coverage today. Of course, CNN radio, in its typical leftist coverage included a counter-statement (prefaced by the obligatory ‘while of course we agree with the Vatican’) by Cardinal Mahoney of Los Angeles, who I gather is now the sitting head of the Lavender Mafia occupying parts of the hierachy of the Catholic Church in the US.

Posted by: Carl on July 31, 2003 9:16 PM

The Vatican announcement was the top story today in the Melbourne Age: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/31/1059480487613.html
The Melbourne Herald Sun also had a brief but interesting article on the opposition of President Bush to gay marriage: http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,6843066%255E663,00.html

What hasn’t received much coverage is the latest from the Anglicans. Dr Rowan Williams has endorsed a paper which, according to a Herald Sun report, “declared committed relationships were as good as marriage and the sanctity of matrimony should be questioned.” The report claimed that divorce could have a “redemptive dimension”.

Posted by: Mark Richardson on August 1, 2003 4:52 AM

“Dr Rowan Williams has endorsed a paper which “declared committed relationships were as good as marriage and the sanctity of matrimony should be questioned.” The report claimed that divorce could have a “redemptive dimension.”

Over the cliff.

Posted by: Lawrence Auster on August 1, 2003 8:52 AM