[NYer]

The official position of the Catholic Church on Gay Unions is clearly spelled out here:

CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING PROPOSALS TO GIVE LEGAL RECOGNITION TO UNIONS BETWEEN HOMOSEXUAL PERSONS

Catholic Ping - let me know if you want on/off this list

[NYer]

Didn't get you on in time. Ping!

[Victoria Delsoul]

In his comments, John Paul said a family based on marriage between man and woman was a pillar of society that justly had rights and duties specific to it.

Bump!

[Luetzow]

Who in hell is the Bishop of Rome to attempt to dictate policy to American Legislators?..on this, or any other matter!..Not all Americans are of the Roman Persuasion, & regardless of their position on matters of gay rights (which, by the way, are exactly the same under the US Constitution as for any other US Citizen, & should not need special legislation to assure them), some of us non-Papists resent strongly Papal interference in American Legislative Matters..Such Papal Arrogance ignited Bismarck's "Kulturkampf" in the Second German Reich, & may eventually produce a backlash here..Let the Bishop of Rome tend his flock of errant priests, & keep his nose out of American Civil matters!