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Related: About this forumChicago Cardinal George vehemently opposes marriage equality, along with other upstanding religious
The head of the Chicago Catholic archdiocese said legally changing the Biblical meaning of marriage "will not serve the common good of our people and will certainly lose the sense of family that is the basis of our understanding of who we are."
George said the nature of marriage "goes back to a sexual expression based upon the complementarity of men and women."
"Anything outside of that is morally wrong," he said.
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"We love people, period, but there are certain principals we must stand on," said Bishop Willie James Campbell, of the Chicago-based Church of God in Christ. "We are biblically, spiritually against it. The Bible is our guide, our road map."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-cardinal-george-speaks-out-against-redefinition-of-marriage-20130405,0,7469603.story
AndyA
(16,993 posts)to what they say, but not until then.
I'm sick and tired of organized religions picking and choosing what parts of The Bible they want to believe verbatim, and which ones they ignore completely because it's just not convenient for them to follow.
There are a lot of passages in The Bible that contradict this belief, like doing unto others, casting the first stone, etc.
If you love people, you don't judge them. You love them and don't treat them differently because of things they do that you don't like. If The Bible is their road map, they've taken the wrong exit somewhere.
truebrit71
(20,805 posts)...and i think the catholic church is in no position to talk about morals whatsoever...
rurallib
(62,342 posts)madrchsod
(58,162 posts)plus he washed women`s feet.
truebrit71
(20,805 posts)...
trotsky
(49,533 posts)it's totally cool that his church officially opposes equality for women and homosexuals. My bad!
skepticscott
(13,029 posts)of a woman priest, you let us know.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)Let me know when he actually makes real policy changes in the RCC. So far, all I've seen is the same old homophobic and misogynistic shit.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)skepticscott
(13,029 posts)That's great! Get the news out! Change from within is upon us!!
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)skepticscott
(13,029 posts)what I meant.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)dimbear
(6,271 posts)It's a remarkable fact that the geography in the New Testament is often wrong. Clearly the authors of the gospels in some cases had never been near the lands discussed. As a road map, the Bible can safely be said to suck. Suggest same as a moral guide.
rug
(82,333 posts)skepticscott
(13,029 posts)but not his influence. If all he were concerned with was enforcing Catholic canon law, there would be no need for a media circus with other religious leaders. He's trying to influence public opinion and public policy, not simply things internal to the Catholic Church.
rug
(82,333 posts)It's the American Way(TM)
skepticscott
(13,029 posts)thanks for confirming that.
rug
(82,333 posts)Objectively, however, there is a vast difference between a public figure opining on marriage and a public figure having any power to enact that opinion.
Iggo
(47,486 posts)What the deuce?