Funny that Obama can assert with a straight face that he's for the marriage of men to men because of his understanding of Jesus Christ and the Golden Rule; but when Timothy Dolan or Franklin Graham say they're against it for the same reason, they get faulted for "arrogantly claiming to know the mind of God."
This convinces me even more that in the public debate we need to focus on Natural Law rather than Revealed Law. As a species we exhibit reproductive sexual differentiation. Across all the centuries, cultures and continents this has determined the way we extend ourselves and our societies across generations. Our marriage laws and customs have always been shaped by this fact.
That would be a good place to start.
BTW, I just tried to google "Manhattan Delaration" and got a series of random redirects: one to "Rihanna's Fringe Bikini," one to "A Sexy Career in a Chancy Economy," and one to "What'll Justin Bieber Do Next?"
Cyber Pranksters.
Think somebody out there feels threatened by Natural Law?
Define "natural". We are that far down the drain.
I'm harmless.
The concept of Natural Law puts the concept of sex for procreation in an unique position where it relates to that special relationship between man and women. It says that the natural design that has made procreation between a man and a woman the natural order of things. It is that natural order that cannot be broken and must be protected.
The Christian thinking takes the natural order to a new level: The Divine Order. Man and women have been designed by God for the purpose of creating new human beings for His glory. That special purpose has been reinforced by that special relationship with marriage. Catholics have sanctified that special relationship with the sacrament of Matrimony. It is a divine creation by the author of the universe that cannot be amended by man. The gay community has other ideas about God. They will be judged by that rebelliousness.