Recently I overheard students complaining about the homily of our chaplain, who in his homily for the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception offered his prediction that someone in our all-female student body would become a religious sister someday. No doubt many of them hear the call of "the world", and are taken by what is fashionable in the secular social media, perhaps a super model or stylist for one. I find myself hopeful that he is correct, and the reason for this has much to do with the following story.
The urgency of the issue of gay marriage at this time and the compelling arguments raised against it here, make this paper an important resource: Answering Advocates of Gay Marriage KATHERINE YOUNG AND PAUL NATHANSON Claim 1 : Marriage is an institution designed to foster the love between two people. Gay people can love each other just as straight people can. Ergo, marriage should be open to gay people. Claim 2 : Not all straight couples have children, but no one argues that their marriages are unacceptable Claim 3 : Some gay couples do have children and therefore need marriage to provide the appropriate context. Claim 4 : Marriage and the family are always changing anyway, so why not allow this change? Claim 5 : Marriage and the family have already changed, so why not acknowledge the reality? Claim 6 : Children would be no worse off with happily married gay parents than they are with unhappily married straight ones. Claim 7 : Given global overpopulation, why w...
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