Texas Bishop on Homosex "Marriage" Law: It's "Unjust" -- It's Our Duty to "Emphatically Oppose It"
Michael Chapman reports at CNSNews.com:
In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling (5-4) that homosexual "marriage" is a civil right, the Catholic bishop for the diocese of Tyler, Texas said it was an "unjust" law "contrary to the moral order" and "not binding in conscience," adding that Christians "must now exercise our right to conscientious objection."
Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, who oversees the diocese, also ordered that no Catholic facility or employee of the church would participate "in any way" in gay "marriages," and that the church’s pastoral care of homosexual persons "cannot and will not" lead to condoning homosexual behavior or the "acceptance of the legal recognition of same-sex unions."
"Strickland was appointed bishop of the diocese of Tyler, Texas in 2012 by then-Pope Benedict XVI. The Tyler diocese covers 33 counties in eastern Texas and serves an estimated 56,000 Catholics," according to CNSNews.com.
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