Survey: Slight Decrease in Gay Marriage Support, Uptick in Religious Freedom Support in U.S.
The American Values Atlas survey, which is produced by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), is released annually.
The American Values Atlas survey, which is produced by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), is released annually.
To the proposed question “Does the Church have the power to impart a blessing upon unions of persons of the same sex?” the response was “negative.”
But legal experts predict the high court will likely take up another legal challenge to state laws barring therapy for patients dealing with unwanted same-sex attraction, while some courts, researchers and therapists dispute the scientific basis for the bans.
‘We welcome with love and respect, but true love cannot be separated from truth because if love is separated from truth, it is no longer love,’ Archbishop Stankevičs said.
Chief spokesman Paolo Ruffini told reporters last week that the drafters are assisted by collaborators called ‘sherpas’ and added that ‘it makes no sense to give their names.’
Comments the Holy Father made in a recent interview could threaten to overtake his mission of peace.
Father Martin published the Pope’s Spanish-language letter and an English translation on the website of Outreach on Jan. 27.
The Pope told the AP that bishops who support laws that criminalize homosexuality ‘have to have a process of conversion’ and should apply ‘tenderness, please, as God has for each one of us.’
DIFFICULT MORAL QUESTIONS: Setting proper boundaries will support a child without supporting their lifestyle.
In an open letter Father Philip Bochanski, executive director of Courage International, implores Cardinals Jean-Claude Hollerich and Reinhard Marx: ‘Your Eminences, I beg you, please be faithful to your oath.’
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