Monday, October 6, 2008

California Orthodox Christian Bishops in Support of Prop 8

I appreciate the Bishops' appeal to "natural law." Proposition 8 truly is a protection of those principles on which liberty is founded.

The decision of the California Supreme Court on May 15, 2008, unilaterally redefines the sacred institution of marriage in a manner unprecedented in human history — and alien to our Christian tradition. We, the Orthodox Christian bishops of California, were saddened by this decision which constitutes a direct attack upon the longstanding role and freedom of religion in American life. A majority of the justices declared not only that same-sex couplings must be allowed to exist at those couples’ discretion as “marriages,” but that the state of California is forbidden to refer to these couplings as anything but “marriages.”

More here.

1 comment:

Jim Moldovan said...

I know--from personal experience--that at least two OCA hierarchs are themselves homosexual. If one of the goals of the bishops' statement is to carve out some kind of superior moral ground, it does not do so. If anything, the statement is incriminating.

May they find peace!