Links for 08/12/15 | National Catholic Reporter

Links for 08/12/15 | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: I am sure the Archbishop wants us all in confession for our politics.  See what I said on Kuyper and cheap grace.  He wants cheap forgiveness, but the problem is that we are not the ones in error.  HE IS!  He needs to go to confession, as well as any hospital personnel that ever turned a domestic partner, now spouse, out of their spouse’s hospital room.  His Penance is to celebrate gay weddings in his diocese and hire gay married staff, treating them with full dignity.



Unless  Kasich starts to condemn capitalism as it now is practiced, he could only be the Pope’s choice in the GOP and only as the lesser of many evils.  In reality, I suspect Francis is feeling the Bern!



People can believe what they want, but they have to follow employment law when it comes to treating spouses with equality – whether employers, justice of the peace, or tax collectors.  Cake bakers too.  They are not implicated in what they perceive as sin – which is not the marriage – that’s a bumper sticker – but the sex.  The latter is none of their business, even if you are selling lubricants.  That is even the Catholic objection, but it does not yet realize it lost at Lawrence v. Texas.  Too late now, gay sex in private is a matter the legislature cannot touch, period.  That is the real argument and the constitution is very clear in the 9th Amendment.  We cannot force gay Catholic or other religious marriages, although one can argue with a straight face that gay unions where functionality and an exchange of vows exist are indeed sacramental.  It is, however, up to the members of each Church to force the clergy to behave correctly.  And yes, there are ways and they should be pursued. In short, Rusty and Ryan and Robert are all wrong.