USCCB: federal court’s DOMA ruling is ‘grave injustice’
June 04, 2012
The chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage condemned a federal court ruling that declared a portion of the Defense of Marriage Act to be unconstitutional.
“The federal appeals court in Boston did a grave injustice yesterday by striking down that part of the Defense of Marriage Act that reasonably recognizes the reality that marriage is the union of one man and one woman,” said Bishop Salvatore Cordileone of Oakland. “Hopefully, this unjust ruling will be overturned by the US Supreme Court, for the benefit of our nation’s children, and our nation as a whole.”
“Marriage, the union of one man and one woman, is the cornerstone of society,” he added. “It is also the foundation of a just society, as it protects the most vulnerable segment of the population, children. Every child longs for and deserves a mother and a father, and marriage is the only institution that insures that children grow up knowing and being known by their mother and father. The public good demands that this truth of marriage be respected in law and society, not rejected.”
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Further information:
- Bishops’ Committee For Defense Of Marriage Disappointed Over DOMA Ruling (USCCB)
- Federal court declares part of Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional (CWN, 6/1)
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Posted by: Thomas429 -
Jun. 05, 2012 12:01 AM ET USA
If the good bishops keep supporting any part of the "progressive" /"liberal" /"socialist" / "statist"/ "democrat" agenda and this is what they will keep getting. I should think their hands would have been sufficiently burned by that stove by now . . .
