Which Way for America? Dedicate June to the Sacred Heart of Jesus or 'LGBT Pride'?

By Deacon Keith Fournier
6/6/2012
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)

The institutions of a just government are supposed to defend marriage against those who would undermine it - not redefine it out of existence

We are called by the Church to dedicate the month of June to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. There is a different directive being sent by the US President as to how we should spend the same month. By way of a Presidential Proclamation he has once again declared the Month of June to be "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month." Let us spend the month of June in Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, lifting up the whole world, to the One in whom we place all of our trust.

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WASHINGTON, DC (Catholic Online) - The month of June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Catholic Church. On the Friday after the Feast of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ we celebrate the actual Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This is a moveable Feast and falls on June 15 in 2012. The Church calls us to spend the month reflecting on what it means to live our lives in such a way that we reveal the Loving Heart of a Merciful God to the whole world.

The Church marks time by the great events of the life of Jesus Christ and the Christian Faith. In so doing she invites Christians to live differently. She also keeps the truths of the faith before a world which needs to be set free. The early Christians referred to the Church as the world reconciled. They believed, as should we, that the Church is the home of the whole human race. She is a seed of the coming Kingdom. The Catechism affirms:

"To reunite all his children, scattered and led astray by sin, the Father willed to call the whole of humanity together into his Son's Church. The Church is the place where humanity must rediscover its unity and salvation. The Church is "the world reconciled." She is that bark which "in the full sail of the Lord's cross, by the breath of the Holy Spirit, navigates safely in this world." According to another image dear to the Church Fathers, she is prefigured by Noah's ark, which alone saves from the flood."(CCC#845)

Nations also mark time. In their special days and months they send important signals. For example, we recently celebrated "Memorial Day" in the United States of America by honoring those who gave their lives to protect our freedoms. In so doing, we affirmed values which join us together. The various proclamations of our Presidents setting months apart speak to what we as a Nation believe and value. The question is what our commemoration says about who we are and who we are becoming.

By way of a Presidential Proclamation President Barack Obama has once again declared the Month of June to be "Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual and Transgender Pride Month". He ends the declaration with these words: "NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2012 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month."

No-one denies that all human beings have fundamental human rights and human dignity because they are human beings. However, that is not what this proclamation or the proclamations of the last two years dedicating June as "LGBT Month" are about. There is an accelerating effort to make homosexual partnerships the equivalent of marriage and use the Police Power of the State to enforce such a restructuring on the rest of civil society.

When sexual behavior between two men or two women is viewed as the foundation of a "right" to marry and those who oppose this equivalency movement are characterized as being against the "freedom" to marry and "equal rights", the revolutionary plan is obvious.

In May, President Barack Obama gave an interview to ABC News announcing that he no longer supports marriage as between one man and one woman. The politically correct way of writing about that announcement was to say that the President supports "marriage equality". I did not do so. The President opposes true marriage.

In the interview, the President attempted to make his decision seem to be a thoughtful evolution, he spoke of his administration's decision to no longer enforce what he called the "Defense against Marriage" Act. The Federal Law his administration refuses to defend is called the "Defense of Marriage "Act. That slip of the tongue was revealing.

The interview sent a signal. The Presidential Proclamation dedicating June to "LGBT Pride" continues the message. Homosexual Equivalency activists want us all to hail the Presidents "evolution" as an enlightened act when it is plain wrong and dangerous for the Nation.

I was not surprised that the President told Robin Roberts of ABC news "it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married." It has been his position for a long time. He followed the strategy he has used in the past to sound as though he "struggles" with such profoundly important moral and social decisions. Then, he comes down on the wrong side.

To defend marriage is NOT to discriminate against any person, including those who define themselves as homosexual or lesbian or even "transgender". To limit marriage to heterosexual couples is not discriminatory now, nor has it ever been. Homosexual couples cannot bring into existence what marriage ...

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MV
3 months ago
This Catholic lesbian will be spending June praying to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and believing firmly that His heart encompasses a love for ALL his children -- including the queer ones.
Judy Claar
1 year ago
Kimmie: This article is so good because it distinguishes between the secularism and relativism v. the whole Christian Community and any other sect of people, who hold God and Life and Truth as absolute, and near and dear to their heart. I cannot believe how many people are easily caught in this web. Please Contemplate: Catholics dedicate June to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: Who is All Love, All Mercy, All Compassion, All Understanding, All Forgiving. With a Presidential Proclamation, taking the posture of God, "NOW, THEREFORE I BARACK OBAMA ...proclaim June 2012 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month." HE desires to wipe out, in a swoosh of the pen,marriage, between one man and one woman which has had its beginnings since Adam and Eve...the whole world over. Obama's own ego evolution enlightened soul envisioned this! Really! Now I know why Hannity, who I do not always watch, calls him, "the enlightened one". And Hannity has always done so since his election. What does this say? What does he see? Kimmie, you might wish to reread this article again. Contemplating the paragraphs slowly. "When there is nothing objectively True which can be known by all and form the basis of our common life then there is no basis for authentic freedom. Instead we teeter on the brink of anarchy." "Sacred Heart of Jesus, We Place Our Trust In Thee."
Stag of the Siren
1 year ago
@Kimmie. You are misled, you cannot serve two masters, if you love God, why do you not obey his commandments and laws and the teaching of the Catholic church which teach the laws that God and Jesus Christ gave to us. If you love Jesus then follow him and be obedient to him, and live rightous and holy as best you can and submit and follow his will, not your own. God and son of God, Jesus Christ are love, and their love for us is unconditional and perfect, they love the sinner but not the sin. Homosexual sex is an abomination in the eyes of the Lord. You choose to bend and shape and presume that God and Jesus are accepting of your practicing lesbian lifestyle because they love you, Yes they love you and your partner but they do not love your disobedient and sinful ways, nor do they accept and condone your sin. The bible teaches us clearly that it is wrong to practice such behavior and the bible authors were inspired by the Holy Spirit to write what they wrote and what they wrote was the Word of God and the truth of God and Jesus Christ is the way the truth and the life. Jesus Christ is the Word. Obama claims to be Christian but attacks the Catholic Church and God with every decision he makes, he is contrary to the word of God, Obama is nothing but a wolf in sheeps clothing. We are all sinners and we are called to repent from our sinful ways and called to follow Jesus Christ and to love one another and treat others as we want to be treated but we are reminded that we should in a loving and caring and respectful way remind others when they stray to come back into the fold of Jesus Christ. God Bless
Rob
1 year ago
The sad thing vance is don't you think they should have started butting heads long ago? Shame on all of us.
Vance
1 year ago
I've heard Protestants over the years saying we are living in the End Times. Perhaps they are correct because we have come to a point in history where the church and government are butting heads.
Kimmie
1 year ago
"When sexual behavior between two men or two women is viewed as the foundation of a "right" to marry"--

Since when is marriage founded on sexual behavior?? Isn't the foundation of human nature- companionship? And isn't that why two people marry each other? It's certainly why I want to get married...to share my life and memories with someone I love and feel a spiritual/emotional connection with--yes I said spiritual!! I am a Christian who is a lesbian, and my partner and I are looking forward to getting married in a church, by a pastor in front of our friends, family, and God.
Why can't the President's message be one of love, acceptance, and human equality? I see a reflection of God's love in President Obama's message in that we should be accepting of one another, because we were all uniquely made by a phenomenal creator. I pray that people of faith, take heed of this message and turn their hearts towards love to become a brilliant example of God's ultimate love and sacrifice for all people.
elcid
1 year ago
@John Levi,

Since people like you keep bringing up the sexual abuse by priests that mainly happen during the 60's and 70's, during the sexual revolution in this country and the advent of the homosexuality movement, why not bring up the sexual abuse of minors in our public schools and other facets of society, like maybe hollywood? the fact is these priests were gay and very liberal minded like other liberals in this country, they just happen to be pointed out by the victims, if your going to blame these priests than also blame the liberal and gay agenda that goes with it, this is the root of the issue, so as the article states dedicate June to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and not this evil LGBT agenda thats going to wreck havoc in this country if its not stop.
John Levi
1 year ago
How about we designate June a month of penance and forgiveness for the unspeakable crimes committed against children by hundreds of Catholic Priests?

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