Video: 'Two men are friends not spouses'

"Two men are friends not spouses."

To many, that is a pithy message of common sense about people with same-sex attraction.  For single-sex marriage activists, it is "subtle bigotry" and "intolerance."

The Catholic Church teaches that genders are complementary and that marriage is gender-integrated.  This is why the church defends pro-gender marriage.  Activists disagree, calling for segregating genders in marriage.

The "friends" message sparked a backlash from single-sex marriage activists in Acushnet, Massachusetts, including a wish to burn St. Francis Xavier Church.

Isn't swearing and threatening hateful, subtle, bigoted and intolerant?

Anti-Catholic activists protest 'men are friends' sign

“Two men are friends not spouses”

A dozen activists gathered outside St. Francis Xavier Catholic church in Acushnet, Massachusetts to protest the Catholic message that men are friends, not spouses. 

During the lead-in, the newscaster called the church's teaching an “anti-gay message.”

Monsignor Gerard O’Connor disagreed saying, “There is no hatred in the gospel of Jesus Christ.  There never can be.  We’ve got to do everything out of love.”

O’Connor explained that loving people means telling them the truth:  “It’s all about love.  But within that context, we must tell the truth.  To preach the gospel doesn’t mean we cut things out.” 

CBS Boston has the video:

As hundreds of people gathered inside an Acushnet church for Mass on Sunday, a dozen people stood outside quietly protesting a sign they called hateful.

 

St. Francis Xavier Parish posted a message last week that read “Two men are friends – not spouses.” A Facebook protest sprung up almost immediately from the homosexual community and their supporters.

On Sunday, several former church members stood outside the Mass holding signs with slogans like “Spread Love, Not Hate.” 

Ironically, the advertisement before the video is from Fertility Solutions.  Whether they have a marriage license or not, two men would obviously have trouble with fertility.


Gender matters.

43 Catholic organizations make history defending religious liberty while news looks other way

President Obama’s religious belief in abortion and sterilization will be forced on employers and institutions in America via the HHS mandate.  Defending their religious freedom, 43 Catholic organizations filed twelve lawsuits in Federal courts.

While these Catholic charities make history, “ABC and NBC failed to even mention the lawsuits and CBS gave it a mere 19 seconds.”

From Stop HHS:

This is not the Catholic Church trying to impose its teachings on the nation. It is about the Obama administration imposing its ideology on religious institutions that are really non-partisan “good neighbors.” The Catholic Church serves non-Catholics in dozens of tangible ways. She provides a vast array of adoption, welfare, medical, and educational services as an outgrowth of her commitment to extend Christ’s compassion and wisdom to all men and women. She provided one of the most effective ministries to victims of human trafficking until the government blackballed her because she wouldn’t provide abortion services to victims of human trafficking. Did she forbid other organizations from providing such “services?” No. As John Paul II stressed: The Catholic Church proposes; it doesn’t impose. 

Since the major news networks are afraid to spread the truth about the ramifications of Obamacare and the HHS mandate, it's up to us. 

Get informed.  Defend your religious liberty.  Spread the word.

Let freedom ring and let's cling to our religious liberty!

Manny Pacquiao: Does defending marriage mean more money?

Associated Press sports columnist Tim Dahlberg asserts that the brouhaha over boxer Manny Pacquiao's defense of pro-gender marriage might help sell tickets:

That Pacquiao's comments about gay marriage went viral isn't all that surprising in today's all-consuming media. That they were misconstrued wasn't too surprising, either, given the way content is created and appropriated these days. 

The bottom line is that Pacquiao says he doesn't hate gays. He's simply against gay marriage, a position that is not out of line with many segments of the American public. 

"The reporter asked me about my stance on it and I answered his question," Pacquiao said. "I am against legalizing same-sex marriage. That was all I said."

The guy he really should be boxing will be in a jail cell when Manny Pacquiao enters the ring next, not that it's the furious little fighter's fault. Neither was the faux uproar that erupted when shoddy journalism and the rush to judgment collided with predictable results. 

This is boxing, though, and things happen. Sometimes they even happen for a reason, though it's hard to believe Pacquiao tried to insert himself into the debate over gay marriage in the hope it would sell a few more pay-per-views for his June 9 fight against Timothy Bradley. 

The crazy thing is, it just might.

Good to know that gender integration in marriage sells well. 

Should father's name be listed on daughter's birth certificate?

Simple biology tells us that it takes a man and a woman to create a child.  But junk social  science says two women can birth a baby:

WQAD reports:

A married same-sex Iowa couple has petitioned the state supreme court to hear their arguments that both of their names should be on their baby’s birth certificate. 

Heather and Melissa Gartner say the Iowa Department of Health refused to allow Melissa to be listed on their daughter’s birth certificate because she is not the child’s biological parent. 

Where is the dad and why is he excluded from this girl's birth certificate and from her entire life?

Why do some factions consider it "equality" to purposely deprive children of their fathers?

Gender matters.

Would President Obama's HHS mandate shut down Mother Theresa's work?

“This puts the Obama administration in the entirely untenable position of having to rescue the Catholic vote by claiming to be more Catholic than the Pope.”  Edward Morrissey

Who would have thought President Obama’s war on women would involve Mother Theresa? 

But as Cardinal Donald Wuerl pointed out, the HHS mandate would have forced even Mother Theresa to stop serving the non-Catholic sick and poor, or close up shop entirely. 

Hot Air has a must-read angle on Obama’s war on Catholics: 

"Most know of Mother Teresa’s work in the poorest of neighborhoods in Calcutta, but she and her order founded and ran hospice centers in other parts of the world — including an AIDS hospice in Washington DC.  The ridiculous nature of the HHS mandate would indeed have treated Mother Teresa’s hospice as unqualified as a religious exemption, and the beatified nun would have had to supply free contraceptives and sterilization services to the employees of the hospice."

Instead of gauging the Catholic vote by taking his cues from "Catholics" such as Vice President Joe Biden, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sibelius, Obama might want to consider what authentic Catholics believe, such as the bishops and Mother Theresa.

Same-sex marriage: Fox and ABC poll results differ by 16%

ABC News says 53% of Americans support same-sex marriage while a Fox News poll says only 37% believe gender-segregated couples should be allowed to marry.  This is a 16% difference which is surely statistically significant.

ABC News:

Overall, 53 percent of Americans say gay marriage should be legal, steady the past year but up from 36 percent in just 2006.

Fox News:

According to a Fox News poll released Wednesday, 37 percent of voters believe gays and lesbians should be allowed to get married legally.

Do you believe Fox or ABC regarding pro-gender marriage versus anti-gender marriage?

 
Considering the fact that 32 states have voted for pro-gender marriage, President Obama might want to reconsider his war against Fox News.

Do you believe polls or votes regarding same-sex marriage?

ABC News claims 53 % of Americans support for single-sex marriage:

"Strong public support for same-sex marriage exceeds strong opposition by a significant margin for the first time in ABC News/Washington Post polls, and African-Americans have moved more in favor, perhaps taking their lead from Barack Obama on the issue.

Overall, 53 percent of Americans say gay marriage should be legal, steady the past year but up from 36 percent in just 2006. Thirty-nine percent “strongly” support it, while 32 percent are strongly opposed – the first time strong sentiment has tilted positive. Six years ago, by contrast, strong views on the issue were negative by a broad 27-point margin."

Tell that to North Carolina which voted 61% in favor of  marriage as the union of one man and one woman.

Tell that to the 31 other states that rejected anti-gender marriage and voted instead for pro-gender marriage.

It comes down to this.  Who do you believe?  Polls or actual votes?  

If President Obama takes his cues from polls on same-sex marriage, he will be unpleasantly surprised at actual voting results in November.  

Will his support for single-sex marriage result in his becoming a single-term president?

Gender matters.

House votes to protect military chaplains from same-sex marriage backlash

With the help of 77 Democrats, the House voted 299 to 120 in favor of a defense bill which includes the provision that single-sex marriage ceremonies will be banned from  military facilities and clergy cannot be punished if they refuse to marry gender-segregated couples.

LA Times:

The bill addresses gay marriage with two provisions. One would ban performing gay marriages on any facility owned by the military. Another would protect military chaplains from punishment if they declined to marry a gay couple. 

 The Department of Defense had opened the door to gay weddings on bases in a memo last September after Congress repealed the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which barred gays from openly serving in the military. The policy change said chaplains were allowed to perform same-sex marriages but noted they could not be required to. It is not clear whether any ceremonies have yet been performed in military chapels. 

 "Liberals may have successfully ended 'don't ask, don't tell,' but they should not be allowed to force members of our military to give up their religious beliefs," Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.), who wrote one of the gay marriage provisions, said in a statement. "That is simply unacceptable and unconstitutional."

Father of 30 kids by 11 women can't keep up with child support

“I had four kids in the same year," he said. "Twice.” 

Desmond Hatchett, the father of 30 children by 11 women is having trouble paying child support.

Duh.

Is Hatchett trying to get his own reality show?  Desmond and Eleven plus Thirty?

From Fox News: 

A Tennessee man's problems paying child support aren't so surprising: He has 30 children with 11 different women. 

Desmond Hatchett, 33, of Knoxville, is pleading with the state to help him pay for child support, citing the fact that he earns minimum wage. Hatchett made national news in 2009, when his tally stood at 21 children. 

 “I had four kids in the same year," he said. "Twice.” 

The mothers of his children are supposed to get anywhere from $25 a month to $309 a month for help raising the children. The state takes half of Hatchett's paycheck to divide among the mothers of his children, but now Hatchett has petitioned the state to help him meet his obligations. 

The children range in age from toddlers to 14 years old.