President Obama Declares War on Marriage and, by implication, the Catholic Church

By Deal W. Hudson, Ph.D.
10/13/2009
Inside Catholic (www.insidecatholic.com)

The 'so-called' Defense of Marriage Act? That 'so-called' is the sound of contempt toward the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim understanding of marriage.

The President told the participants at the 'Human Rights Campaign' Banquet: 'You will see a time in which we as a nation finally recognize relationships between two men or two women as just as real and admirable as relationships between a man and a woman.'

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WASHINGTON, DC (Inside Catholic) - President Obama, the man trusted by the USCCB to do the "right thing" on health care, has declared war on marriage and, by implication, the Catholic Church.

Speaking to the nation's leading homosexual rights lobbying group, the Human Rights Campaign, Obama said:

"You will see a time in which we as a nation finally recognize relationships between two men or two women as just as real and admirable as relationships between a man and a woman".

As Deacon Keith Fournier reports and comments, "The leading voice for this Cultural Revolution is now President Barack Obama."

The question becomes whether or not the leadership of the Catholic Church, both bishops and laity, are going to respond vigorously and loudly to Obama's direct challenge to one of its non-negotiable teachings.

How can the USCCB remain silent when the President of the United States said he wants Congress to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act?

"I support ensuring that committed gay couples have the same rights and responsibilities afforded to any married couple in this country. I believe strongly in stopping laws designed to take rights away and passing laws that extend equal rights to gay couples. I've required all agencies in the federal government to extend as many federal benefits as possible to LCBT families as the current law allows. And I've called on Congress to repeal the so-called Defense of Marriage Act and to pass the Domestic Partners Benefits and Obligations Act. And we must all stand together against divisive and deceptive efforts to feed people's lingering fears for political and ideological gain".

The "so-called" Defense of Marriage Act? That "so-called" is the sound of contempt toward the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim understanding of marriage. As Deacon Fournier commented, "We now stand in a precarious place in the nation we love."

Cardinal George recently said of Obama, "Some of his policies, we think, are simply wrong," and adds, "What must be done is to criticize the politics of the government." I have yet to hear the bishops take up this latest attack on core Catholic belief, but I assume some sort of response is forthcoming.

At some point in the near future, one individual bishop after another will begin to speak out on the "Cultural Revolution" being lead by Obama, and more and more this nation's Catholics will recognize the imminent and unprecedented danger of the Obama administration.

The bishops' desire for health care and immigration reform will then no longer moderate their public criticism of Obama's aggressive efforts to redefine marriage and make abortion a federal entitlement.

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A Sinner
3 months ago
When I got married I was greatly offended that I was required to get a "license" from the state.
The state has no business attempting to define or regulate a sacrament.
An individual or should be able to establish a contract with another for the purpose of shared domecile or inheritance or hospital visits or any other legal benefits of marriage without any reference to sexual relationship or marriage. Married (sacramentally) people could enter into it as could homosexuals or others not in sexual relationships and it wouldn't be marriage!
Lorraine Eliza Doolittle
1 year ago
Obama is aware of how many votes he would lose...

Andrew: I am not Catholic, but I know many and they are NOT hateful. Their stance on homosexuality is to be as respectful as possible because God did create us all and He will be the one to judge in the end.
Edward
2 years ago
Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Jean
2 years ago
Patrick Ransdell and Noel

If you could you won't find hatred at the Courage Apostolate Website.

Be my guest and stop on over and check it out you might be surprised at what you will find there.

Love in Christ
Christina
2 years ago
Has anyone thought about what homosexual "union" actually means? How is this union accomplished? Homosexual activity is full of perversion of every kind, promiscuousness, and is very often violent. It is a world that most of us would find extremely repugnant if ever we dared to enter its domain. Those who are so quick to spout "tolerance!" often have no idea what they are tolerating. Homosexual "union" is in no way equivalent to marital fidelity, or even to extra-marital or pre-marital heterosexual unions. We should pray for our brothers and sisters who are trapped in the darkness and lies of homosexuality.
Patrick Ransdell
2 years ago
Noel so beautifully spoken
Paul Barry Cecilia
2 years ago
Thank you
Noel
2 years ago
It is time that we wake up and realize that homosexuality is not a disease, is not an illness or perversion of any sort, and that God created these human beings just as He created heterosexuals. Committed relationships of homosexuals neither negates nor diminishes heterosexual marriages. Fear, hate, ignorance, and violence are the only things that will destroy the Catholic faithful and our relationship with our Father.
Curtis
2 years ago
If the primary purpose of marriage is to beget children, shall we therefore prohibit women who are beyond child-bearing age from getting married? Or does marriage mean more than bearing children? And why do Catholics get upset if other faiths define marriage differently than them? Other faiths define the Eucharist different than Catholics, but other faiths are not prohibited by federal law from performing the Eucharist. Federal law should not be used as a tool to foist Catholic doctrine onto a nation of mixed faiths.
Nixon Bosco Saldanha
2 years ago
Dear Classylady,
You are dead right. We are living in the End Times. Praise God for Your Wisdom. The time of the Gentiles is up.
Nixon

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