Dublin archbishop weighs in on marriage referendum
May 22, 2015
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In an interview with Vatican Radio on the eve of Ireland’s referendum on same-sex marriage, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin said that “marriage has its place in the construction of society, and changing the definition would have long-term consequences.”
“Children have a right, where it’s possible, to a mother and a father,” he continued. “A change in the Irish constitution would make that affirmation very, very hard to sustain in reality.”
“It would be possible to respond to the needs of and the relationships of homosexual people with another form of legislation which would not change the definition of marriage,” he added.
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Posted by: Randal Mandock -
May. 23, 2015 1:05 PM ET USA
As long as Catholic theology considers conjugal love an act of will, homosexuals had better get used to the idea of heterosexual marriage as the only form of matrimony. The sacrament of matrimony is founded on co-equal obligations: (1) openness to the co-creation of new human life under the auspices of divine charity, and (2) growth and nurturing of the conjugal bond through participation in the ontological Trinity. Anything less would not be sacramental.
