Same-sex marriage “jeopardizes freedom rather than expands it,” and “endangers our religious liberty and the right of conscience,” according to Bishop Joseph Tyson, the Catholic bishop of Yakima, Wash.
Minnesota’s 400,000 Roman Catholic households are scheduled to receive a letter this week from all of the state’s bishops, urging them to donate money for television ads asking voters to say yes to a constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage.
by Miriam Lazewatsky - GLAAD's Faith & Campaigns Fellow
It is important to note that Fr. Guarnizo is not being dismissed for denying Johnson communion. Rather, his dismissal is for intimidating behavior toward other parish staff.
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland and the most senior Catholic in the United Kingdom declares “war on gay marriage,” pledging to spend another £100,000 in its campaign against equal marriage rights for same-sex couples in Scotland.
“The fight going on in North Carolina right now is critical to the larger LGBT community. It’s important to note that North Carolina is the only state in the South not to have passed an amendment.”
"We need to have a mass protest against this HYPOCRITE! He is one of these reactionary evangelical zealots who believe the pulpit is a place to condemn others and control public policy."
The Roman Catholic Church has been in the news a lot lately, bashing the LGBT community. GLAAD keeps count of the barrage of stories that show how the church's hierarchy continues to alienate and demonize both LGBT people and fair-minded Catholics.
What should be done when political and religious leaders to deliberately distort cultural heritage to promote fear and hatred of a minority and to develop a contemporary political agenda?
"Most Catholics live in the real world and interact with gay and lesbian people, often members of their own families, and they see that we are human beings with the same concerns as theirs.”
