Colombia’s gay population has no right to marriage or family: Catholic Church
Source: Colombia Reports
Colombias gay population has no right to marriage or family: Catholic Church
posted by Adriaan Alsema
Jun 18, 2013
Gay couples can not claim a right to family or marriage as these are based on fundamental laws of nature, Colombias Catholic Church said Tuesday in a fierce attack on pending gay rights reforms.
In a press conference, cardinal Ruben Dario Salazar strongly opposed to reforms in legislation regarding gay rights imposed by Colombias constitutional Court that ordered Congress to come up with legislation defining the rights of the countrys LGBT community.
According to Salazar, public officials should be able to continue to exercise their right to morally object to performing their jobs when it comes to applying the law on gay people, as things like family and marriage are not a right, but a privilege. Consequently, the cardinal said, gay people are not subject to discrimination.
The argument that always has been used is that of discrimination. But discrimination is when a person is denied access to a right they have. When there is no real right then there is no discrimination, said the clergy.
Read more: http://colombiareports.com/gays-have-no-right-to-marriage-family-colombias-cathlic-church/
sakabatou
(42,152 posts)iandhr
(6,852 posts)the Church in Colombia.
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)Excuse me?
Live a little and lighten up, Your Eminence.
DallasNE
(7,403 posts)So what argument are they really trying to make since the one they are espousing falls flat on its face. What seems to be left is some homophobic argument hidden behind code words that fail to fit.
formercia
(18,479 posts)closeupready
(29,503 posts)you bigoted clowns.