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Originally posted by DWAlphaGam
The Vatican (news - web sites) launched a global campaign against gay marriages Thursday, warning Catholic politicians that support of same-sex unions was "gravely immoral" and urging non-Catholics to join the offensive.I guess the pope has never heard of separation of church and state.
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Let's understand that this is a "global campaign."
Also, the Constitution protects religion from government -- not the other way around. Seperation of Church and State isn't at issue here. If a church can manage to gain control of a political party through numbers and vote in it's candidates -- so be it. However, unless they can vote in a President and majority of both houses of Congress, they don't really control anything. Even if they did, they'd have the Courts to contend with.
Bottom line, at least in this country, it's not totally a governmental issue (even though some pressure is being put on politicians), but rather a moral one.
George Bush is an elected government official and may suffer some consequences over his stand. While the Pope is also a head of state, he wasn't elected by the public -- and is also a spiritual leader for people in most parts of the world.
There are vast differences.
Although there is a lot of precedent in the past, it still strikes me as strange that the Catholic Church would come out with this pronouncement at this particular time.
It's interesting that we start looking at this as a government vs. church issue. It really isn't. It is a "global" moral issue. The Pope and his Church talk to a lot more people than just us in the United States.