Today the U.S. Supreme Court has determined that the U.S. constitution equally protects the right of same-sex couples to enter into a civil marriage in all 50 states. This ruling regrettably trumps both the express will emanating from the deliberations of voters and legislatures across the country, and millennia of understating across cultures as to what marriage is.Abp Listecki(oddly worded):
At the same time, the opinion of the Court also recognizes that “the First Amendment affirms that religious organizations and persons are given proper protection as they seek to teach the principles that are so fulfilling and so central to their lives and their faiths and to their own deep aspiration to continue the family structure they have long revered.”
For our part, our Catholic faith teaches, as it always has, that marriage is and can only be the union of one man and one woman. Man and woman complement each other; they then become united as one in marriage and together are unique in their ability to create new life based on sexual and reproductive differences. Our teaching in that regard will not change.
We will also continue to teach that every human person deserves respect and compassion. The experience of same-sex attraction is a reality that calls for attention, sensitivity, and pastoral care. Each of us is called to love and each of us deserves to be loved. Here too, we will continue to witness this value.
As the impact of the decision plays out over the coming weeks and months the Catholic Church will continue to preach the truth about marriage and human dignity. We will invite our fellow citizens to share in our values and commitment to them.
Today is a sad day for the sacrament of marriage, when the United States Supreme Court redefines marriage to be something other than what God created.Bp Ricken(well worded):
Roe v. Wade overlooked the dignity of every human life from conception. Obergefell v. Hodges misses the mark on the true nature of marriage.
— Bishop David Ricken (@BpDavidRicken) June 29, 2015
The Church will always hold up the beauty & value of marriage as it has been understood for millennia. A court decision does not make it so.
— Bishop David Ricken (@BpDavidRicken) June 29, 2015
The Church’s response to the ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States, recognizing “same-sex marriage”, is the same today as it would have been yesterday, namely that the definition of marriage is an objective truth of the natural order. Such truths can only be recognized and never changed, regardless of a court’s ruling or of a vote anywhere in the world.I've not seen statements from the others yet.
As we have stated frequently, and repeat today, marriage is, and can only ever be, a unique relationship between one man and one woman, for one lifetime, with openness to children. This is not based on any private sectarian viewpoint, but on human ecology, which all are bound to respect, at all times, as inscribed in our human nature, from the beginning of creation. Because it behooves us to safeguard the sacred ecology of all nature, especially of our human nature, the Church will continue to do so.
Also: Scott Walker comes out strongly against the ruling
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Archbishop Listecki's comments:
http://www.archmil.org/News-2.0/Archbishop-Listecki-Responds-to-Legalization-of-Gay-Marriage.htm
We disagree about Gov Walker's reaction. It's all very nice to thunder about "amendments", when one knows beyond a doubt that such an amendment will NEVER pass Congress and 38 States.
Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
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