USCCB briefs in two cases urge court to uphold traditional marriage | National Catholic Reporter

USCCB briefs in two cases urge court to uphold traditional marriage | National Catholic Reporter  My reaction: This argument fails on its face because to get married in the Catholic Church one must only be functional, not fecund.  If Canon Law argues that fecundity is not a requirement, they cannot argue it here.  The Church also needs to admit that its own hospitals caused part of the need for gay marriage because they would not honor the wishes of the family of choice in a gay couple (and make no mistake, these families of choice are marriages - just marriages without witness) while granting next of kin privileges to the family of origin in both decision making and visitation.  Had they behaved humanely, they would not need to file this amicus and would not be opposed to this issue now.  They also make the dangerous point that moral scorn is acceptable as religious preference.  As a church that was historically persecuted at the American founding (and still is in some parts of the American south), this is a dangerous argument.  We don't let the mob vote on the rights of individuals in the United States.  To assert that this is at all acceptable shows a deep misunderstanding of American law or individual rights.  Again, the Church is badly served by its lawyers and its hierarchy,.