Why are Catholics against same se/x (s/s) marriage?

While Catholics respect all human persons (including those with a s/s preference), because of our rules of celebacy outside of valid marriage, we ask those who are not married to abstain from se/xual activity which is so intimately involved with God's creation of new life.

Here are the repercussions of legalizing s/s marriages:

1. Children in school must be taught that all marriages whether s/s or traditional, are valid
1. This could be confusing to the children - taught one value at home and another in school
2. This is attacking the freedom of religion guaranteed to ALL Americans
3. It definitely is infringing on parental rights
4. It may teach children to disrespect their parents
5. All Americans pay taxes to support public schools - therefore should have a say especially in moral values
2. Catholic agencies which place the most children for adoptions are now forced to place children in s/s marriage homes
1. They are being forced to act in a way which is considered sinful to Catholics
2. In states with legalized s/s marriage, Catholic adoption agencies have had no other choice but to close their doors
3. Churches which teach against s/s marriage can be accused of "hate" speech and sued - this has already happened in a few places.

One atheist, writing to the Mensa Journal remarked that whereas he was previously in favor of "no God" in the schools, he now has reversed his opinion because he feels that now, children are not being taught any moral code and that is badly affecting our society.

It has been observed in history that societies which forsake their moral codes and encourage promiscuity etc, are typically those which end up dying out.

Have you ever noticed that no one - even those fighting for s/s marriage, is fighting for things like equal rights in the job market for those with a s/s preference? (and yes, discrimination against gay people in the job market still exists - in many places of employment).

Can someone who voted AGAINST the ban of partial birth abortion really care about the poor people?

Partial birth abortion is a type of infanticide where a viable baby is killed WITHOUT anesthetic! Ask how the candidate whom you are considering voting for, voted when the Partial Birth Abortion Ban bill came before Congress or if not in Congress, ask what his/her stand on the Partial Birth Abortion is. (Even many Democrats voted for the ban! The ban did pass but Planned Parenthood is holding it up in court.

What if candidates have a good stance on another life issue like racism but a bad stand on abortion?

This is a hard one for Catholics to deal with and the church did not give us much direction on deciding although many Bishops suggested that abortion should trump the other issues (possibly due to the number of deaths involved). This is, in fact, the way I decided - because the Democrats have a good stand on "immigration" which is, in effect, racism because only the Mexicans are being criminalized despite their being good citizens who worked for low wages at jobs American teens did not want for minimum wage thus supporting our farm economy and more. (Undocumented immigrants who worked for places like Walmart - thus enabling Walmart to offer the low prices people love - even paid income taxes because they are automatically taken out of paychecks - but these people never could file a tax form to get a refund. The government knows this because there is a large pool of money never claimed for refunding.) Racism does oppress people and kills people (why it is another "non negotible" issue). But not even close to the number of deaths from abortion.. Therefore, if there are two candidates, one pro abortion and against the unfair immigration laws and the other, pro life but in favor of the unfair immigration laws, you should vote for the one who is pro life. Some candidates, however, say they are pro life but are not really. Like McCain is in favor of stem cell research and also in favor of abortion in "the hard cases". If McCain was running against a Democrat who was pro choice but against immigration, then, in certain cases the voting choice might go to the other candidate. Each choice has to be thought about like that. It's a hard thing to do and sad that the Republican stand on immigration is so poor.

What about the economic crisis?

Adolph Hitler ran on an economic platform during a time of economic depression (way worse than our situation is) and he WON the election and people overlooked his "anti life" ideas but ....  look how he "fixed things"? (NOT). At first, Hitler appeared to be good for the economy but soon, he made things worse. No good is ever accomplished by killing large numbers of humans. Democrats believe in raising taxes but as one person put it, "no country or nation in the known history of the world has ever taxed themselves to prosperity. Period, no exceptions. Look it up, if you'd like." J. Hudson, FNP. Being aware that God is in ultimate charge of all finances, Catholics should NEVER vote for a candidate who is pro death merely on an economic basis.

"For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you?" (Matt 6:25ff)