Is same-sex “marriage a civil right, akin to inter-racial marriage?
A — No. Civil rights are not based on behaviors. The inter-racial marriage ban, fortunately lifted, was strictly about race, not gender. The issue was not whether homosexuals could marry each other. Q — Is homosexuality deserving of a “protected class” of citizens, in the eyes of the law? A — No. The Maryland Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, declared: “We find that sexual orientation is neither a suspect or quasi-suspect class.” The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth District also said homosexual persons do not constitute a “suspect” classification. Q — Does the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provide a right to same-sex “marriage”? A — Only by the widest stretches of the imagination. The Framers of the Amendment never believed their language would be so abused as it is in the rationalization of same-sex “marriage” or abortion. To presume that the 14th does make such allowances, then one can apply situational ethics to attempt to justify anything that
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- Must a Catholic oppose gay rights legislation, such as legislation that permits civil marriage for same-sex couples or allows adoption by LGBT persons?
- Can I submit proof of a state-recognized same-sex marriage or civil union instead of the declaration form?
- When civil law forbids marriage, is the God-given right of marriage nullified?
