tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post6269707677962465009..comments2023-11-10T09:15:40.084-08:00Comments on The Friends of Jake: NY marriage equality: A tale of two bishopsDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10124314924693077453noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-58918608231592220702011-06-16T07:12:35.781-07:002011-06-16T07:12:35.781-07:00A great commentary in the New Yorker takes on the ...A great commentary in the <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/closeread/2011/06/gay-marriage-new-york-not-north-korea.html" rel="nofollow">New Yorker</a> takes on the illogical "children deserve a mother and a father" meme<br /><i>how about children adopted by gay parents—does he believe that their rights would be protected by lingering in foster care, bounced from non-home to non-home? Would he prefer that those born to gay or lesbian parents had never existed? If so, that is a pretty tangled position for a Catholic (or even for a writer of North Korean communiqués). <br /><br />Does he think that children should be taken away from gay parents (or single widowed parents, for that matter) who have loved them all their lives to be given to any heterosexual, or even just heterogeneous, couple? And even if he agrees with all of that, what on earth does it have to do with same-sex marriage? <br /><br />Allowing two people who love each other to marry will not stop people who don’t love each other from separating, or from getting married in the first place. Neither marriage nor love is a scarce resource. And yet Dolan talks as though there were thieves in his house.<br /><br />If one’s only interest in all this is the rights of children, then gay marriage is really an imperative. (There are other factors, too, of course, that don’t depend on children: respect, fairness, kindness.) Marriage can protect children—legally, financially, socially—and same-sex marriage will give more parents more ways to protect more children. Making that possible is surely the right thing to do.</i>IThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605163506396013904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-75765283632169743932011-06-15T00:37:33.224-07:002011-06-15T00:37:33.224-07:00"Freedom" as "freedom to do what I ..."Freedom" as "freedom to do what I tell you to do": what every totalitarian has said! Dolan has his reward...<br /><br />Good on ya, Bishop Provenzano! Bless!JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-91274987000081904852011-06-14T19:45:12.316-07:002011-06-14T19:45:12.316-07:00Daily I become more amazed that we and them are em...Daily I become more amazed that we and them are emerging from a very thick fog-- I think *things* will clear for everyone sooner rather than later-- yep, there you are and here we are-- no surprise, not really.Leonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667415590825321701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-33029182120567301332011-06-14T18:53:16.565-07:002011-06-14T18:53:16.565-07:00Well done, IT.
We cherish true freedom....
Abp. ...Well done, IT.<br /><br /><i>We cherish true freedom....</i><br /><br />Abp. Dolan, you made laugh with that one.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.com