Letters

Same-sex 'marriage'

Robert Prinzen-Wood

Contents - Apr 2011 - Buy a copy now Homily: Pope Benedict XVI's Holy Thursday homily - Pope Benedict XVI Climate expert refutes alarmist attack on Cardinal Pell - William Kininmonth Homosexual rights trump the rest, especially Christians' - Fr John Flynn LC News: The Church Around the World Catholic Church's pivotal role in South Korea's pro-life revival - Babette Francis Music that elevates faith and worship of God - Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev Literature: The 'impossible dream' of Don Quixote (1 Corinthians 1:21) - Andrew Kania Marian Valley and Penrose Park: spiritual powerhouses - Br Barry Coldrey Letters: Conscience? - Thomas & Patricia Watkin Letters: Same-sex 'marriage' - Robert Prinzen-Wood Letters: Easter shopping - Arnold Jago Letters: God's presence - Noel Nugent Events: Holy Week 2011 - St Aloysius, Caulfield North Books: THE RIDDLE OF FATHER HACKETT: A Life in Ireland and Australia, by Brenda Niall - Colin Jory (reviewer) Books: THE LOSER LETTERS, by Mary Eberstadt - Terri Kelleher (reviewer) Books: EUROPE AND THE FAITH, by Hilaire Belloc - Michael Daniel (reviewer) Books: HANDBOOK OF CATHOLIC APOLOGETICS: Reasoned Answers to Questions of Faith - Br Barry Coldrey Books: TOWARDS A THEOLOGY OF THE ENVIRONMENT, by Paul Haffner - Barry Coldrey (reviewer) Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au Reflection: Benedict XVI: Palm Sunday means following Jesus Christ - Pope Benedict XVI

It is a cause of concern, indeed frightening, to see the mass media giving great respect and air space to arguments in favour of same-sex "marriage" as if error has equal rights to truth.

I remember back in the 1970s the Catholic Church arguing against state toleration of sodomy when governments wanted to repeal the laws against 1t.

Those governments were at pains to say that the change was not to be seen as condoning homosexuality. But ten years later they brought in anti-discrimination laws that went further than toleration, into approval.

Now it is clear that the governments at that time were not speaking the truth given that today same-sex "marriage" has widespread support in government circles. Indeed, we have gone full circle from criminal act, to toleration, to legitimisation, and now to outright approval of sodomy.

Any government that destroys marriage by expanding its definition to something that is the opposite of life-affirming has lost its legitimacy and credibility.

ROBERT PRINZEN-WOOD
Heritage Park, SA

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 24 No 3 (April 2011), p. 16