Overview of major social teachings

promoted by the Roman Catholic Church

The Church opposes:

Same-sex marriage: In the U.S., the federal and state

governments automatically grant on the order of 1,400 rights and
benefits to all opposite-sex couples who marry. The church opposes
these being granted to same-sex couples. Their interpretation of the
Bible precludes any form of same-sex marriage or civil union. Unlike
other conservative religious denominations, the Roman Catholic Church
does teach that, in most cases, a person's sexual orientation is not
chosen and is unchangeable. However, in common with other religious
conservatives, it regards minority sexual orientations as abnormal,
unnatural, and disordered. They expect persons with a homosexual
orientation to remain celibate. They expect persons with a bisexual
orientation -- those who are sexually attracted to both men and women
-- to restrict their sexual relationships to a member of the opposite sex,
and then only within marriage. 

The Catholic Encyclopedia defines homosexuality as: "...Sexual activity

between persons of the same sex. It is not a normal condition, the acts
being against nature are objectively wrong." 1

The Most Reverend Michael Sheridan, the bishop of the Roman

Catholic diocese of Colorado Springs, CO, writes: "no one has a right to
that which flies in the face of God’s own design. Marriage is not an
invention of individuals or even of societies. Rather it is an element of
God’s creation. It is God who created us male and female. It is God
who joined man and woman so that they could be fruitful and multiply
and fill the earth. Every civilization known to mankind has understood
marriage as the union of a man and a woman for the procreation and
rearing of children." 2 This statement appeals to conflict with the
description of eight types of marriages and families mentioned in the
Bible.
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