http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/20/world/americas/argentina-pope-civil-unions
Behind closed doors, pope supported civil unions in Argentina, activist says
By Rafael Romo, Jose Manuel Rodriguez and Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN
updated 2:22 PM EDT, Thu March 21, 2013
Buenos Aires (CNN) -- Less than an hour after he fired off an angry letter to Catholic Church leaders about their handling of Argentina's same-sex marriage debate, Marcelo Marquez says his phone rang.
He was surprised to hear the voice on the other end of the line. It was Jorge Mario Bergoglio, then the archbishop of Buenos Aires, and now the pope.
What Bergoglio said to him at a meeting soon afterward that year, 2010, was even more surprising, Marquez said.
For months, church officials had made sharp, public criticisms of the push to legalize same-sex marriage in the South American country. But privately, Bergoglio seemed to be more open to discussion, according to Marquez.
I've been of the opinion as of late, that the church will accept "civil unions" or some type of "blessing", but not marriage between homosexuals before it accepts birth control. I know, I know... I think the church puts itself in a sort of discriminatory bind with its views on homosexuality. I think eventually it will be accepting of monogamous relationships between same sex couples.
When it comes to birth control, there are lots of Catholic single parents out there. I don't see any changes in attitude in the near future. As you know, about 50 years ago, having a child out of wedlock was socially not acceptable. Nowadays, it's accepted in the Catholic church, even though the church does not approve of sex outside of marriage. In a logical world, this doesn't quite make sense, but somehow the church has adapted by embracing single parenthood instead. So, I don't see the birth control issue changing in the near future...
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