Ireland, for so long the most overtly Catholic state Wtern Europe, has voted for gay marriage by a stupendo marg – 62 per cent. Never before has a untry legalised the practice by popular vote. It would be naive to ask: how uld this happen? Hatred of the Church is one of the central featur of morn
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GAY MARRIAGE WILL SPL THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Ireland, for so long the most overtly Catholic state Wtern Europe, has voted for gay marriage by a stupendo marg – 62 per cent. Homosexualy as an issue is a greater threat to the Catholic Church worldwi than the sex abe sndals. • J said nothg about homosexualy.
And as for homosexual marriage…. • The Magisterium of the Church has always nmned homosexual acts, though recently Rome has emphasised that the orientatn self is not sful. • Many liberal bishops, however, have changed their mds on gay issu.
First they said homosexualy was ‘a matter for the nfsnal’, which I’ve always thought was a slippery evasn, but civil unns were unthkable. Gay marriage, on the other hand, is part of the ‘greatt evil’ our untry, the breakdown of the fay. Or, this se, gay marriage stroys fai.