I am always amazed at how people ignore world events, then panic when it happens in their own country. Here is a list of countries where gay marriage has been legalized and the years in which it occurred.
The Catholic Church is present in all of those countries. So far, no lawsuit or challenge has been issued against the Church. This does not mean that it will not happen. On Friday, "Mr. Sulu" of Star Trek fame was interview by CNN. The actor, George Takei, is a gay activist. In the interview,he said:
Indeed we see it as a challenge. It's going to be a -- a new challenge. But we are very mindful of that challenge that still remains. They are now -- some of these, um, states, are -- going to try to use the, uh, shroud of religious freedom. I believe in religious freedom, and people who argue that are entitled to their freedom. But they do not have the freedom to impose their religious values on to others. I've heard some of the people, uh, expressing their comments on the, uh, Supreme Court ruling, and they're entitled to that. But they are not entitled to impose their will on everybody.
As Rush Limbaugh noted: "You see, this is what's wrong with this. Nobody in the... I can't believe I'm saying this. Nobody in the heterosexual world is forcing anything on anybody. They're minding their own business and having something forced on them, is what's happening here. So Mr. Takei says: Hey, you're free to have your religious beliefs. Have them all you like. I have mine, too. But you can't impose your religious values on to others. But Mr. Takei and his group can impose their beliefs on you all day every day or you will lose your business.)
You can read the rest of the interview HERE.
Hold fast to your faith and pray for our nation, the pope, our bishops and those in religious life.
Don't ever fool yourself into thinking that this is not exactly their agenda. An article I've posted a few times over the years:
The Bittersweet Victory: Why Gay Marriage Still Isn't Marriage (the real end game defined)
Time ^ | 6/26/2011 (yes, 2011) | Howard Chua-Eoan
Posted on 6/26/2013, 6:08:36 PM by markomalley
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But in one very important way, gay marriage will not quite be marriage even in New York, even 30 days from now when the law goes into effect. That is because the psycho-sexual-financial-commercial-legal dramas that entangle the domestic lives of straight people often have another component: religion. And religious institutions have an exemption in the new law over accommodating gay people. It was key to the passage of the legislation.
Marriage without a church or temple wedding isn't the real thing. Why can some people have all the bells and whistles in the church of their choice but not me? Of course, there have been and will be congregations and churches that allow gay men and lesbians to be married in their midst and to bless those unions, recognizing that God loves them just as much as Governor Andrew Cuomo does. But some rich and influential religious institutions [NB: read this as the Catholic Church] are not only free to continue to reject gay men and women as equal beneficiaries of all aspects of faith but will now also rally their congregants to reject politicians who are willing to abide with this extension of secular civil rights — no matter how much acceptance there is of same-sex marriage elsewhere, no matter how many wedding announcements appear in the New York Times.
(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...
So far, no businesses have been sued into bankruptcy in those countries, either, I bet.