The Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis and the Minnesota Catholic Conference recently clarified that a group posing as a Catholic group isn't actually Catholic:
The Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis and the Minnesota Catholic Conference issued a joint statement today explaining that a newly formed group calling itself “Catholics for Marriage Equality MN” has no recognition from nor affiliation with the Roman Catholic Church.
One of Catholics for Marriage Equality MN’s expressed aims is to defeat the Minnesota Marriage Protection Amendment that will appear on the November 2012 ballot, and which defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman. The group misleadingly tries to convince Catholics that they can, in good conscience, support a state redefinition of marriage without undermining marriage itself. The Catholic Church, in keeping with Catholic teaching, reason and natural law, and in concert with many other faiths, strongly supports maintaining the current, traditional definition of marriage by voting “yes” for the Amendment during the November 2012 election.
The press release also charges that Catholics For Equality is guilty of misrepresenting and diminishing Catholic teaching:
Both MCC and the Archdiocese stress the importance of respecting the God-given dignity of all persons, which means the recognition of authentic human rights and responsibilities, while pointing out that official Catholic teaching goes well beyond what Catholics for Marriage Equality MN’s website states.
Outside groups are free to say what they want, but they aren't free to decide what Catholic teaching is.
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Good to know that you're defining others' religious beliefs for them.
Too many so-called people of faith are only casually involved in their faith, just as too many voters are casual voters. What they have in common is that they can be easily fooled by AstroTurf groups.
The commonality among these fake "faith" groups and talking-head politicians is they both pretend to be something they're not. If we're not involved on a deeper level in our faith and our politics we will become victims of their lies.
Belief and membership are not necessarily the same thing.
What Catholic teaching is (right or wrong) is decided by the Catholic hierarchy and canon,not the popular opinion of those who claim to be Catholic.
The group in question is one of the brainchildren of activist Michael Bayly,an Australian immigrant homosexual who seems to found a new group for every issue he touches.
Should be called "Ex-catholics for Separate But Equal".
All it takes is commonsense.People who do not embrace and espouse the tenets of the catholic church are not catholics; anymore than a same gender couple is a married couple. No doubt these people are sexual deviants who may have had some association with the catholic church. Catholics for same gender marriage is as ridiculous as catholics for contraception. Marriage equality already exists and the value of marriage requires the maintenance of standards.
that is not a catholic. either you are with God or you are against him
Hypocrisy is a virtue to marriage corruption supporters.
"By their fruits ye shall know them"
They're not really Christians. I believe homosexuals will not be allowed into heaven but neither will heterosexuals who approve of homosexuality or gay marriage. For they twist Gods truth:
Isaiah 5:20
"Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter."