…The two factors most commonly quoted as reasons for the failure to secure gay marriage have been the implacable opposition of the current governor Don Carcieri, and the high proportion of Catholic voters. (At 46%, this is the highest in the US). However, a new state level poll confirms what has become apparent at the national level. Support for marriage equality has grown, local Catholics support gay marriage – and support has grown faster among Catholics than among other groups…
…There are effectively twice as many Catholics who support equality, as those who oppose it – providing their are suitable assurances that it applies only to civil marriage, and on the separation of church and state. Bishop Tobin is on a losing battle.
Politicians are addicted to reading the public mood. With two thirds of Rhode Islanders now saying they approve of legal recognition of same sex marriages, and a convincing majority of Catholics agreeing, the will be very few state legislators next year who would want to resume their previous opposition- and the smoke screen that so many of the voters are Catholic will be blown away by the knowledge that local Catholics seem to put Catholic commitment to justice ahead of blind obedience to Bishops and patently flawed Vatican body theology. Read complete article:
http://www.gayagenda.com/2010/08/rhode-island-catholics-support-gay-marriage-21/Rhode Island - Poll: Public support for same-sex marriage grows
Maria Armental - Providence Journal
Gay Marriage -> Restores “Hope of Love”
To Children In Early Childhood
Gay marriage - Sexual orientation
is less about sex and more about love, being one with another human being
Attachment Theory - LOVE & RELIGION
Gay Marriage - Galileo Condemned As A Heretic
Misinterpretations of The Bible
Homosexuality? Natural Law? Benedict XVI?
Kids Are Being Hurt!!!
Facts About Sexual Orientation
Dr. Gregory Herek,
University of California at Davis &
Yale University & City University of New York
http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/facts.html
Sexual Orientation: Science, Education, and Policy
Dr. Gregory Herek,
University of California at Davis &
Yale University & City University of New York
Sexual Orientation: Science, Education, and Policy
Dr. Gregory Herek
On Prop 8, it's the evidence, stupid
By Lisa Bloom – CNN.com
and
related links:
Plutarch "No sensible person can imagine that the sexes differ in matters of love as they do in matters of clothing.”
John Boswell: The Church and the Homosexual
Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century
by John Boswell
The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry (CLGS)
was established at
Pacific School of Religion in
Berkeley, California
and opened its doors in the fall of 2000.
Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality:
Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the
Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century
by John Boswell
Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe. By John Boswell.
New York: Villard Books, 1994, 412 pp. N.p. (cloth).
Bennison, Charles, Book reviews.., Vol. 77,
Anglican Theological Review, 04-01-1995, pp 256.
Do Religions Reject Gay Marriage?
By Daniel C. Maguire – Consortiumblog.com
The Pope Is Not Gay
Andrew Sullivan – The Daily Dish – The Atlantic
9th Circuit Ruling on Motion for Stay Pending Appeal - AUGUST 16, 2010
and
related links
“Someday, maybe, there will exist a well-informed, well considered and yet fervent public conviction that the most deadly of all possible sins is the mutilation of a child’s spirit.” Erik Erikson
Kids Are Being Hurt!!!
…whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. Matthew 18:6
Important note: No disrespect meant to Pope Benedict XVI or the hierarchy, the one and only concern is the safety and well-being of children.
Kids Are Being Hurt !!!
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