The paranoia of Catholic bishops and their claque over the supposed “redefinition” of marriage has some bizarre consequences. At Notre Dame, for example, an editor’s anxiety to reserve the word “marriage” to sacramental marriage, between a man and a women,…
Monthly Archives: May 2012
‘Catholic Voices’ insists schools broke no laws on marriage petition
‘Catholic Voices’, the lay group of orthodox Catholic media spokespeople, claim in a new statement that schools, like St Philomena’s in Carshalton, haven’t broken any laws by encouraging pupils to sign the Coalition for Marriage petition and by teaching against…
Coming Out, in Faith: The Value of Gay Christians
Matthew Vines grew up in a conservative church in Kansas, where, he says, everybody was welcomed in church, provided they were willing to repent for sin - and it was automatically assumed that being gay was inherently a sin demanding…
Scottish Faith Groups want to offer Same-Sex Weddings
A broad alliance of faith groups has published an open letter, sent to all Members of Scottish Parliament, demanding the right to conduct weddings for same-sex couples. Faith in Marriage The alliance, called Faith in Marriage, include members of the…
Scottish Catholic Education Service opposes gay marriage
The Scottish Catholic Education Commission is insisting that the Scottish Government proposals for marriage equality will make it impossible for teachers in Catholic schools to teach about marriage in line with Catholic marriage doctrines, and it opposes any church or…
Religious Women, and Vatican Control: Some History
There has been such a torrent of worthwhile commentary on the Vatican’s attempt to exert control over America’s religious women, that I have made not attempt to keep up with it all (still less to report it). One piece that…
Gay Marriage and the CES: A Sane, Balanced Headteacher’s Response
In stark contrast to the St Philomena’s abuse of a school assembly to attack gay marriage, a Catholic headteacher explained in a BBC interview why, after careful consideration, she had declined to use the controversial CES letter in her own…
