[NYer]

From NC Register:

A fluent Spanish speaker and canon lawyer, he was one of the creators of Proposition 8 - the state referendum banning same-sex marriage - arguing that “only one idea of marriage can stand" and that people have to stand up for that definition. "If that's going to be considered bigoted, we're going to see our rights being taken away - as is already happening," he said in 2009.

Since January 2011, Bishop Cordileone has served as chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee for the Defense of Marriage, leading efforts to resist the legalization of same-sex marriage. He is also a member of the USCCB's Committee on Religious Liberty.

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[Ann Archy]

I PRAY he’s strong and resolute.

[keat]

Good, now adjust fire a little to the east for the next target, Stockton.

[LibertarianLiz]

The fact that this Archbishop has been actively defending traditional marriage; and, that the Pope decides he is the person to put into (of all places) San Francisco, to me means that the Pope is throwing down the gauntlet on marriage.

I wish this Archbishop the best and hope that he really knows what is about to happen to him, and is preparing himself for the onslaught. Prayers to his success.

[To Hell With Poverty]

BOOM!

Love it.

[GSWarrior]

I think this was his last assignment--Cathedral of Light in Oakland.

[GSWarrior]

I think this was his last assignment--Cathedral of Light in Oakland.

[Running On Empty]

A great bishop. A great heart. A great pro-lifer.

I think he will one day be a Cardinal.

[annalex]

Lord we praise Thee and we adore Thee.

Crush Thy enemies, Lord.

In the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, amen.

[SuziQ]

I pray the Lord keeps him strong for the struggles ahead.