“This is Exactly Why We Need the Constitutional Amendment”

By Jason Adkins

June 26

“This is exactly why we need the constitutional amendment to protect marriage in Minnesota,” said Jason Adkins of the Minnesota Catholic Conference and a member of the Minnesota for Marriage Coalition. “Marriage between one man and one woman has served mankind for all of recorded history as the building block of civilization and the best institution for children. Now marriage has been radically redefined in New York and gay marriage imposed without a vote of the people.

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From the Catholic League

WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS HEADED

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on where gay marriage is headed:

Whenever the American people have had a chance to approve gay marriage, they have rejected it. In the more than 30 states that have put this issue to a vote, homosexuals have never won. The only arenas they have been able to score a victory are in some state legislatures and courts. In other words, this is a classic case of the people vs. the elites.

Ultimately, this issue will not be resolved in the courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court: it will be decided by a constitutional amendment. Though the Federal Marriage Amendment prevailed in the House in 2006 by a margin of 236-187, it failed to achieve the necessary 290 votes required to pass a constitutional amendment; two-thirds of both chambers of Congress, and three-fourths of the states (38), are needed.

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From the ChristianPost.com

By Katherine T. Phan | Christian Post Reporter

NYCatholic Leaders Call For Continued Opposition to Gay Marriage

NEW YORK – Top Catholic leaders in New York have wasted no time in voicing their continued opposition to gay marriage since Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill that allowed same-sex couples to marry into law on Friday.

Archbishop Timothy Dolan, the state’s top Catholic leader, has called gay marriage “detrimental to the common good” and a violation of “natural law.”

As the New York City’s Gay Pride Parade was getting underway Sunday, Dolan reaffirmed the Catholic position on marriage in comments to reporters following a Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

“We as Catholics would oppose any attempt by anybody to redefine marriage, whether that … whomever that may be,” he said. “We just don’t believe that marriage can be changed and radically altered to accommodate a particular lifestyle.”

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Minnesota DFL Party Launches Campaign Supporting Same-Sex Marriage

5 videos have been produced by the Minnesota DFL Party on Friday to coincide with the Twin Cities Pride Festival as part of a campaign to promote same-sex marriage, with the byline “In all its different forms….Family is about love”

LifeSiteNews

BY REBECCA MILLETTE
Thu Jun 23, 2011 16:54 EST

U.S. bishops issue powerful series of videos defending true marriage

June 23, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Responding to the push for legalized same-sex “marriage” in the United States and throughout the world, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has launched a new initiative to protect and support true marriage, entitled “Marriage: Unique for a Reason.”

The initiative aims to catechize and educate Catholics on the meaning of marriage as the union of one man and one woman and seeks to “fully answer the false claim of discrimination” with regards to the Church’s stance against same-sex “marriage.”

Last June, the USCCB released the first of five videos, called “Made for Each Other”, which explores sexual difference and the complementarily between man and woman in marriage. A newly released second video, Entitled “Made for Life,” features married couples reflecting on topics related to the gift of children and the indispensable place of fathers and mothers. Later videos will cover topics of marriage related to the common good and freedom.

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The materials are available online here.

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Chicago Priest speaks out

By Dick Houck

June 26, 2011

We need to boldly speak out for traditional marriage and this Chicago priest did so clearly, truthfully, and without fear. We can do no less, but need to be committed to defending our Church and our Faith. We need to be ready to be martyred.

PLease read this fascinating story.

June 26, 2011

Chicago priest decries homosexualist agenda

By Matt C. Abbott

A Chicago priest has spoken out on a controversial, politically-incorrect topic.

And, no, it isn’t Father Michael Pfleger.

It’s Father Anthony Brankin, pastor of St. Odilo Parish in Berwyn, Ill.

In a recent parish bulletin, Father Brankin wrote (slightly edited):

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