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.