Bp Tobin Switches Parties | National Catholic Reporter

Bp Tobin Switches Parties | National Catholic Reporter by MSW.  MGB: The bishop needs to realize that same sex marriage is constitutionally inevitable, whether voters support it or not.  Its inevitability in the Church itself will come at the insistence of Catholic families and gay priests - who will need to be placated so that they don't simply leave and take advantage of their new ability to marry Mr. Right (which is what likely scares him most).  As for NARAL, supporting keeping abortion out of the criminal law is not the same thing as supporting it as something women and teenage girls should do.  Indeed, that is the worst way to stop it.  He should be a bit more creative in exercising his offices to make sure that young Catholic women (and their partners) can attend Catholic high school and college for free with adequate economic and day care support for their children.  He would most likely claim that this would send a mixed message on sex.  Too bad.  If he thinks that way, it is his attitude on sex, not NARAL's support for women, that is CAUSING ABORTION.