Where gay marriage is legalized marriage is doing worse while the rate of out-of-wedlock births keeps rising
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Recent report on same sex marriage reveals its devastating effect on the foundation of our society - the family. The claim of the new Pope, same sex marriage is a destructive "machination of the father of lies", is statistically not far from the truth.
In countries where gay marriage has been legal for more than a decade, marriage is doing worse. In the Netherlands, where gay marriage was legalized in 2000, marriage rates are down by 10 percent nationwide and at their lowest since 1945. Meanwhile, the rate of out-of-wedlock births keeps rising:
Four in ten of the 185,000 babies born last year in the Netherlands were born to mothers who were not married. Since scores of studies show that children do worse when their parents are not married, this is a serious issue. Legalizing marriage for gay couples obviously did not strengthen marriage in the Netherlands or improve the well-being of children born there. (http://www.ionainstitute.ie/index.php?id=1499)
Think about the adverse effect on religious freedom and free speech that legalization will bring. Religious groups such as Catholic Charities or the Salvation Army may lose their tax exemptions, or be denied the use of parks and other public facilities, unless they endorse gay marriage.
Think about the adverse effect on religious freedom and free speech that legalization will bring. Religious groups such as Catholic Charities or the Salvation Army may lose their tax exemptions, or be denied the use of parks and other public facilities, unless they endorse gay marriage.
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In Canada, which legalized same-sex “marriage” in 2005, churches which disagree with gay marriage are under attack. When Bishop Fred Henry, the Roman Catholic bishop of Calgary, Alberta, sent a letter to churches explaining traditional Catholic teaching on marriage, he was “charged with a human-rights violation” and “threatened with litigation.”
Churches with theological objections to performing same-sex “wedding” ceremonies are being threatened with the loss of their tax-free status. In British Columbia, the Knights of Columbus agreed to rent its building for a wedding reception before finding out that the couple was lesbian. When they did find out, they apologized to the women and agreed to both find an alternative venue and pay the costs for printing new invitations:
But that wasn’t good enough. The women prosecuted, and the Human Rights Commission ordered the Knights of Columbus to pay a fine. (http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/how-will-gay-marriage-hurt-us-heres-how/)
Gays and Lesbians have a right to be respected, to be treated with dignity and to live as they choose. They do not have the right to redefine marriage for the other 95 percent or more of the population.
Contributed by Dr. Richard Panzer, Robert Beebe, and Lourdes Swarts, members of the Executive Committee of the Universal Peace Federation USA.
Churches with theological objections to performing same-sex “wedding” ceremonies are being threatened with the loss of their tax-free status. In British Columbia, the Knights of Columbus agreed to rent its building for a wedding reception before finding out that the couple was lesbian. When they did find out, they apologized to the women and agreed to both find an alternative venue and pay the costs for printing new invitations:
But that wasn’t good enough. The women prosecuted, and the Human Rights Commission ordered the Knights of Columbus to pay a fine. (http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/how-will-gay-marriage-hurt-us-heres-how/)
Gays and Lesbians have a right to be respected, to be treated with dignity and to live as they choose. They do not have the right to redefine marriage for the other 95 percent or more of the population.
Contributed by Dr. Richard Panzer, Robert Beebe, and Lourdes Swarts, members of the Executive Committee of the Universal Peace Federation USA.
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