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A Catholic Hooray for Chick-fil-A: Stand in Solidarity for Marriage on August 1st
Catholic Online ^ | 7/30/12 | Deacon Keith Fournier

Posted on 08/01/2012 7:03:07 PM PDT by JeepersFreepers

I will not use the term "traditional marriage". I believe making a distinction between so called "traditional" Marriage and other feigned "marriages" is a mistake. Marriage is what it is, period. The very phrase "gay marriage" or "homosexual marriage" is an oxymoron.

True marriage is the preeminent and the most fundamental of all human social institutions. It is a relationship defined by nature itself and protected by the natural law that binds all men and women. It finds its foundation in the order of creation. Civil institutions do not create marriage nor can they create a "right" to marry for those who are incapable of marriage.

To limit marriage to heterosexual couples is not discriminatory now, nor has it ever been. Homosexual couples cannot bring into existence what marriage intends by its very definition. To now "confer" the benefits that have been conferred in the past only to stable married couples and families to homosexual paramours is bad policy. The institutions of government should, when acting properly, defend marriage against those who would redefine it.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alteredtitle; chickfila; homosexualagenda; homosexualmarriage
Well said, Deacon Fournier.

This was written in response to the assault on Chick-fil-A by supporters of the homosexual agenda.

1 posted on 08/01/2012 7:03:16 PM PDT by JeepersFreepers
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To: JeepersFreepers

You could give gays marriage today and it still wont make them husband and wife..so what are they after?


2 posted on 08/01/2012 7:05:47 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: JeepersFreepers

Amen!


3 posted on 08/01/2012 7:06:17 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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4 posted on 08/01/2012 7:09:08 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (Woe to them...)
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To: JeepersFreepers

The very word “marry” means to seamlessly join together 2 distinct parts.

There is no more seamless joining than that which produces a new being that is the perfect joining of the former 2 distinct parts.


5 posted on 08/01/2012 7:12:29 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: dalebert

Social security benefits and anything else that is federally limited to [hetero] husbands & wives. Companies and state govt’s. are free to give bennies to same-sex couples, but not so at the federal level. The last frontier!


6 posted on 08/01/2012 7:12:47 PM PDT by Sioux-san
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To: the invisib1e hand

I miss shrimping in Texas.


7 posted on 08/01/2012 7:15:21 PM PDT by ansel12 (Massachusetts Governors,,, where the GOP goes for it's "conservative" Presidential candidates.)
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To: dalebert

“...what are they after?”

The means to use the state to punish those who don’t agree with them. It was always a danger with the state’s involvement, as the definition the state uses to recognize the institution is simply whatever judges, pols, or the majority thinks it is at any one time. Also, to convince many to accept ‘gay marriage’, as many have been conditioned in the modern era to think that marriage comes from and is defined by the gubberment. There’s lots of folks that will accept any marriage as long as it comes with a piece of paper from the state.

Freegards


8 posted on 08/01/2012 7:15:26 PM PDT by Ransomed
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To: JeepersFreepers

To prevent duplication, please do not alter the published headline, thanks.


9 posted on 08/01/2012 7:15:54 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator
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To: xzins
The very word “marry” means to seamlessly join together 2 distinct parts.

ping

10 posted on 08/01/2012 7:18:11 PM PDT by alrea
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You can’t seamlessly join together 2 men or 2 women because, first, they aren’t 2 distinct parts.

They are the same parts.


11 posted on 08/01/2012 7:21:31 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: the invisib1e hand

Prawn???


12 posted on 08/01/2012 7:21:46 PM PDT by Rio (Tempis fugit.)
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To: JeepersFreepers
Meet S. Truett Cathy, The 91-Year-Old Billionaire Behind Chick-Fil-A

Some history and historical pictures at the source of this FR thread.

13 posted on 08/01/2012 7:38:35 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: JeepersFreepers

It’s not marriage, its just two perverts shacking up.


14 posted on 08/01/2012 7:55:02 PM PDT by Vietnam Vet From New Mexico (If you don't want to stand behind our troops, feel free to stand in front of them.)
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To: JeepersFreepers

Excellent article!


15 posted on 08/01/2012 8:01:26 PM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR!)
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To: the invisib1e hand

What is that?


16 posted on 08/01/2012 8:08:01 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: Sioux-san

then why not social union..with jp..I think its just apolitical tool to get votes..it takes someone real low to use it.


17 posted on 08/01/2012 8:24:35 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: JeepersFreepers

Homosexual “marriage” is like putting a pitcher behind home plate or a catcher on the mound. If you own the ball park you can do what you want, but if you’ve got anything other than one pitcher and one catcher on the field, what you have still isn’t called a ball team.


18 posted on 08/01/2012 8:43:36 PM PDT by Fredonia
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To: JeepersFreepers; xzins; metmom; wagglebee
Moral absolutes!

the Deac speaks the truth The very phrase "gay marriage" or "homosexual marriage" is an oxymoron. --> let's stop using that term and refer to it as a homosexual civil union. Lets not let them win the war of words (like the term "gay" or "progressive")

19 posted on 08/01/2012 11:51:40 PM PDT by Cronos (**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
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