Gay marriage could signal return to ‘centuries of persecution’, - say 1,000 Catholic priests
In one of the biggest joint letters of its type ever written, they raise fears that their freedom to practise and speak about their faith will be “severely” limited and dismiss Government reassurances as "meaningless".
They even liken David Cameron’s moves to redefine marriage to those of Henry VIII, whose efforts to secure a divorce from Katherine of Aragon triggered centuries of bloody upheaval between church and state.
They claim that, taken in combination with equalities laws and other legal restraints, the Coalition's plans will prevent Catholics and other Christians who work in schools, charities and other public bodies speaking freely about their beliefs on the meaning of marriage....
"When we have sexual intercourse, we may not intend or desire to produce another human life. We are aware, however, that intercourse begins the reproduction process and can produce such offspring. To kill the offspring is hardly a responsible or moral method of handling this decision." -Dr. R.C. Sproul, January 14, 2013, "Pro-Choice: What Does It Mean?"
Pagans think this way. When a Christian man enters his wife, his desire is to be fruitful and multiply. Any other intention is not of Christ. The well-formed Christian mind does not choose the culture of death and its kin, sterility.
Rome has never taught biblical marriage - and never will.
These 1000 priests destroy their credibility by making hypocritical comparisons to Henry VIII.
Romish fanciful annulments of decades long marriages still abound today. They reflect the very same thing that Henry VIII sought to do.
Henry was only refused an annulment (not a divorce) because of politics and the exercise of superior ruling family power from Spain to Germany and Rome.
They should've continued preaching what biblical marriage is for the last half-century. Now that most Catholic couples you meet aren't any more married than two lesbians in a civil union, the advent of "gay" marriage is not the homosexual's fault. The blame rests squarely with the bishops. They taught us only what our itching ears have wanted to hear for 50 years. All of us will now be relegated to ride out centuries of marital chaos, 1,000 English priests' signatures notwithstanding. The bloodshed of Catholics will likely be the cost to reestablish the unprecedented 1,600 years of stable Christian marriage in the West.
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Rev. Colin Mercer | 11/19/2012
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