Diocesan Resources
How Does Legalizing "Same-Sex Marriage" Deny the True Nature of Marriage? (2014)
How Does Legalizing "Same-Sex Marriage" Deny the True Nature of Marriage?
Part of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishop’s National Pastoral Initiative for Marriage
Today’s debate about same-sex marriage is occurring within a larger environment that increasingly understands marriage as a privatized relationship not oriented toward children or connected with the community and that is primarily focused on adult fulfillment. Recent court decisions have advanced claims about marriage that are helping to create a crisis of meaning and also promoting an acceptance of same-sex marriage. The Church’s teaching, rooted in natural law and faithful to divine revelation, must be shared more effectively if the true nature of marriage is to be protected and its fundamental value is to be promoted.