By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Same-sex marriage has already forced the Church out of the adoption business in many U.S. states where the unions are sanctioned, but it is now threatening to force the Church out of the marriage business too, says Archbishop Barry Hickey of the Archdiocese of Perth, Australia, who says he'll stop performing marriages altogether if forced to conduct the unions.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A recent poll has found that nearly half of all Americans are in favor of a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, while a majority believe the issue should be handled by the states, not the federal government.
A Facebook campaign has been mounted by homosexual activists to pressure PBS into allowing the two most famous Sesame Street characters, Bert and Ernie, to get married as a way of showing children that same-sex marriage is normal.
With the state's same-sex marriage law scheduled to go into effect this Sunday, New York is planning to cash in on what they predict will be a rush to marry by offering gay couples special wedding and honeymoon packages.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Even before the ink dried on a new bill allowing same-sex marriage in the state of New York, opponents began warning that lawsuits are on the way because the so-called "religious protections" that were tacked onto the new law will not be able to protect the faithful.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
President Barack Obama continued to court the homosexual vote last night at a Manhattan fundraiser for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) community, but was heckled when he stopped short of embracing same-sex marriage.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
New York lawmakers are expected to resume pivotal talks today on a proposed same-sex marriage bill which is said to be hinging upon satisfying conservatives who want to see adequate protections for religious groups inserted into the bill before they will agree to vote for it.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Insiders say a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in New York is just one vote short of passing and could come to the floor for a vote as early as Thursday of this week.
Cardinal Donald Wuerl of the Archdiocese of Washington DC is warning Catholics to stay away from a new booklet produced by the controversial New Ways Ministry which advocates "marriage equality" for same-sex couples because it is not based on Church teaching.
The usual demand by proponents of same-sex marriage for "equality" fell flat last week as the French Constitutional Council, the county's equivalent of the U.S. Supreme Court, ruled that there is nothing unequal about upholding the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman.
