Not Worthy of Being Foundation for Law

This is an opportunity for you to dip into the immense wisdom of the Church regarding a super-heated theme today, gay marriage (sic.). Take the time to ponder deeply Cardinal Ennio Antonelli's statement; you will only get sound byte snatches from the MSM.

MEXICO CITY, JAN. 15, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of a press statement released today by Monsignor Carlos Simón Vazquez, subsecretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family.

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Various interpretations have been made regarding the reference Cardinal Ennio Antonelli, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, made in his words at the opening of the Theological-Pastoral Congress of Mexico. The cardinal wanted to underline three important aspects:

1. Homosexuality is not a necessary component of society, as is the family. Society is organized around the relationship of the couple that is formed by a man and a woman. They find each other in conjugal life and in family life. In this sense, the couple and the family enter into the sphere of social life, and because of this, of civil law. The relationship between two persons of the same sex is not the same as the relationship of a couple that is based on the sexual difference. These two situations depend on structures that are not of the same nature...

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