BTW, what is the Catholic Churches opinion on gay marriage? This is a serious question.
A lot of voting Latinos and a large percentage of the world population are Catholic. A huge voting block and A LOT of power.
Even evangelical African American church leaders have come out against the ruling.
I don't know if that matters.
E.g., a few years ago in NC we overwhelmingly passed an anti-gay-marriage const. amendment, with a lot of black support.
But they keep voting 99% Democrat.
In 2003, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (the Vatican department responsible for, well, doctrine) wrote this:
There are absolutely no grounds for considering homosexual unions to be in any way similar or even remotely analogous to God's plan for marriage and family. Marriage is holy, while homosexual acts go against the natural moral law. Homosexual acts “close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved”.
In those situations where homosexual unions have been legally recognized or have been given the legal status and rights belonging to marriage, clear and emphatic opposition is a duty. One must refrain from any kind of formal cooperation in the enactment or application of such gravely unjust laws and, as far as possible, from material cooperation on the level of their application. In this area, everyone can exercise the right to conscientious objection.
(Read the whole document here.)
A lot of voting Latinos and a large percentage of the world population are Catholic. A huge voting block and A LOT of power.
Now if we could only figure out a way to get them to vote according to their faith ...