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Catholic leaders slap Biden on the wrist for officiating gay wedding
Vice President Joe Biden, a Catholic, presided over the same-sex wedding of two White House staffers on Monday. Via Twitter
By Erin Rook
Sunday, August 7, 2016
On Friday, leaders in the Catholic Church, of which Biden is a member, responded.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops posted a statement online that, while it didnt mentioned Biden by name, seemed to clearly reprimand the vice-president for the public action opposing the Churchs teachings, Religion News Service reports.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops posted a statement online that, while it didnt mentioned Biden by name, seemed to clearly reprimand the vice-president for the public action opposing the Churchs teachings, Religion News Service reports.
When a prominent Catholic politician publicly and voluntarily officiates at a ceremony to solemnize the relationship of two people of the same-sex, confusion arises regarding Catholic teaching on marriage and the corresponding moral obligations of Catholics, wrote Louisville Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The statement was cosigned by Buffalo Bishop Richard Malone and Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski.
http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2016/08/catholic-leaders-slap-biden-wrist-officiating-gay-wedding/
There is no more "confusion" regarding Caholic teaching from this than when a Catholic judge marries two divorced persons. This is a civil act not a religious one.
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Catholic leaders slap Biden on the wrist for officiating gay wedding (Original Post)
rug
Aug 2016
OP
for years, the church didn't even bother with a slap on the wrist for Child abusing priests......
virtualobserver
Aug 2016
#1
Everything that the church does is about protection of the institution...
virtualobserver
Aug 2016
#5
virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)1. for years, the church didn't even bother with a slap on the wrist for Child abusing priests......
but it is important to speak out about the legal union of consenting adults.
rug
(82,333 posts)2. What does one have to do with the other?
virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)3. both supposedly violate their beliefs.....
one was criminal, which they not only ignored but covered up.
rug
(82,333 posts)4. Oh, brother.
The child abuse scandal has nothing to do with religious belief. It's about protection of an institution by its leadership even at the cost of its core values.
This is an attempt to extend religious beliefs into governmental acts.
They could not be more dissimilar.
virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)5. Everything that the church does is about protection of the institution...
even their "beliefs".
rug
(82,333 posts)6. If you actually believe that crap, why are you posting in the Catholic and Orthodo Group?
okasha
(11,573 posts)7. When the SCOTUS ruling came down on a Friday,
the two local judges who stayed in their chambers to officiate at weddings-- instead of haring off to the golf coursefor the afternoon--are both Catholics.
All marriages are civil marriages, even if there's a religious ceremony.
rug
(82,333 posts)8. It's a shame a lot of people, including the bishops, don't get it.