Now that its passed by huge majorities in both Houses of Parliament, we know that Members have decided that our concerns are not real. There isn't any doubt now that we will have State same sex marriage.
How do we face up to this new world.? We have to represent Christian marriage as the life-long, indissoluble union that it is and contrast that with what the State offers. Our failing has been to try to link the secular form of marriage with the Christian sacrament. It hasn't been so connected since Henry VIII hijacked the institution to get a divorce.
Interestingly, there were many Catholics and other Christians who voted for the change. If we are to come to a sensible position which defends Catholic marriage while helping gay couples to seek and celebrate fidelity and permanence, we must try to understand why they thought it right to support the Bill.
The one thing that won't work is to dismiss those with a different view. It is particularly important that we remember that the young cannot understand the problem and that it is the old for who this is an issue.
How do we face up to this new world.? We have to represent Christian marriage as the life-long, indissoluble union that it is and contrast that with what the State offers. Our failing has been to try to link the secular form of marriage with the Christian sacrament. It hasn't been so connected since Henry VIII hijacked the institution to get a divorce.
Interestingly, there were many Catholics and other Christians who voted for the change. If we are to come to a sensible position which defends Catholic marriage while helping gay couples to seek and celebrate fidelity and permanence, we must try to understand why they thought it right to support the Bill.
The one thing that won't work is to dismiss those with a different view. It is particularly important that we remember that the young cannot understand the problem and that it is the old for who this is an issue.
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