All persons deserve respect in accord with their human dignity. Trying to rename other kinds of relationships to call them ‘marriage’ however is inaccurate.”

“They called out to Lot and asked, ‘Where are the men who came to stay with you tonight? Bring them out to us!’ The men of Sodom wanted to have sex with them…at dawn the angels tried to make Lot hurry. ‘Quick!’ they said. ‘Take your wife and two daughters so that you will not be killed when the city is destroyed’” (Genesis 19:1-29).

On a global scale there has been outcries in several different countries. In the United States many Christian groups and Church leaders spoke out against the legalization of same-sex marriage. Several protests have been held here, among other countries, which include, Germany, Great Britain, and South Africa. Roman Catholic Bishop Stanislaw Stefanek of Poland made a statement about same-sex marriage, which said, “The idea is immoral and hurting to families and marriages. We [as Christians] strongly object to it.” The Catholic Church’s view regarding same-sex marriage is rather obvious worldwide.

“Marriage is a union between a man and a woman. They can, and usually do, conceive and bear children, whom they have the joy and responsibility if nurturing and educating to adulthood.

The Church is very clear in it’s teachings regarding homosexuality. Homosexual acts are considered by the Church to be unnatural. To live this orientation in a sexual manner is morally wrong. It prohibits procreation and consequently rejects God. Magisterial Church teaching states that, “homosexual genital relations are objectively immoral because they lack an indispensable finality, namely the procreation function of sexuality; the openness to new life” (Declaration on Certain Questions Concerning Sexual Ethics). Sacred Scripture condemns homosexuality as an act of “grave depravity” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2357). There is no evidence in Scripture of homosexuality being mentioned in a positive manner. The Books of Genesis, Leviticus, and Romans all provide examples of God’s condemnation of homosexual activity. Genesis demonstrates God’s displeasure with the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Due to the contemptible homosexual demands made on Lot’s guests, God destroyed both cities.

y by the granting of basic human rights such as respect and dignity to these individuals. Homosexuals and the society within which they live are encouraged by the Church to live harmoniously and to a

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