"Bravo!"
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This person obviously failed logic 101.
A, B, and C have many D citizens
A, B, and C legalized E
Therefore, D caused E
That is what is known as a logical fallacy. There are way too many other variables involved to make that conclusion. One likely has nothing to do with the other.
With the possible exception of Ireland, (not sure anymore), Church attendance in all of the countries you mentioned is extremely low.
Perhaps we should try somehow to distinguish between practicing and non-practicing.
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Let’s just admit it, marriage, as a component shaping Western Culture, died when divorce became normal, children became optional, and husband/wife roles were blurred. Sodomite Marriage is not the assault we think it is. It’s beating a dead horse.
When the native voters in these same-sex countries become minority voters to Muslim voters as a consequence of abortion and gay marriage, then majority Muslim voters will outlaw same-sex marriage again - and Christianity along with it.
Hmmmm, interesting. California passed their marriage law in Prop 22 by around 62% (61 actually), and the homo-Fascists cried “foul.”
Frank, you stunk at reviewing restaurants but I wish you’d go back to that hat trick instead of dumb editorials like this!
The other ones being traditional Protestant stalwarts like the Netherlands, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, the UK, etc.
So basically, religion has nothing to do with it, because the West is mostly apostate anyway.
(What's really strange is that the author thinks it's somehow significant that nominal Catholics make up 38% of the Canadian population -- not a majority by any means -- when same-sex marriage was imposed in Canada by legislation and judicial decree anyway, and has never been passed in a referendum.)
Another thing in common. The Catholic Church won’t marry gays in any one of the countries.
These are countries, not the Catholic Church, making these decisions.
They aren’t they are loud voices which have like minded media people giving them the most airtime.
Catholic in Name Only
CINO’s
I’m sure there are some Catholics who support gay marriage.
I don’t happen to know any personally.
First, it was all the socalled catholic priests playing
with parishioners’ children, once caught, shipped, er,
transferred to another state, out of the reach of the
vengeful parents.
So now, it is not that much of a stretch for full blown
Church sanctioned, and accepted by the parishioners,
queers as priests.
I’m wondering about the validity of this claim.
I wonder what other faith traditions have such a clear statement that applies to all members.
Take a look at this list of countries: Norway, Finland, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Canada, The United Kingdom, New Zealand, South Africa. Name two things that they have in common.
They don’t share a continent, obviously. Or a language. But in all of them, Protestant churches have more adherents, at least nominally, than any than any other religious denomination does. And all of them belong to the vanguard of 20 nations that have decided to make same-sex marriage legal.
Such is the Western World now. When the West as a whole is drifting in that direction, trivial arguments about Catholicism and Protestantism are irrelevant, however much satisfaction they give to the more twisted souls among us.
FWIW: "No religion" or atheism + agnosticism is now the largest religion in The Netherlands, once a stronghold of the Reformation. Irreligion may also be the largest "faith" in other European countries. Figuring out just how that happened and what if anything can be done about it is probably more important than hurling charges across denominational divides.
Just rechecking Bruni’s cv and found out he’s not only a proud gay male but a bulimic, as well!
Two can play the blame game.
Protestants originally led the charge for divorce.
As a Catholic, I’m still only as married or divorced as the Vatican says I am.