Tim Kaine's Bishop responds to gay marriage comments
Source: CNN
The Bishop of Democratic vice presidential hopeful Tim Kaine's home diocese re-affirmed the Catholic Church's stance opposing same-sex marriage following comments the Virginia Democrat made recently predicting a change in church doctrine.
Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo of Richmond, Virginia, released a statement Tuesday that doesn't mention Kaine specifically but makes clear, from his view, there is no chance of the church ending its long-held policy.
"More than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on marriage, and despite recent statements from the campaign trail, the Catholic Church's 2,000-year-old teaching to the truth about what constitutes marriage remains unchanged and resolute," he said.
LGBT advocates lauded a speech Kaine, who is Catholic, delivered at the Human Rights Campaign's annual gala over the weekend. In that speech, Kaine suggested that the Catholic Church -- for which he once served as a missionary -- could change its position.
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This is in accordance with the First Amendment. The government doesn't get to dictate RC policy.
Of course, this is a two-way street.
First Amendment to the United States Constitution
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
