Jack Valero is the press officer for Opus Dei in the United Kingdom. Plainly, his tweet is made in a personal capacity but it’s not really so far removed form the kind of talk one hears from the Vatican these days. It is hysterical stuff and hysteria is not the best preparation for winnning arguments.
In one sense, sure, gay marriage is quite a large shift but it is also the case that extending civil recognition to homosexual unions is not really such a mammoth change at all. It is, moreover, a logical consequence of the decriminalisation of homosexuality. It is a recognition of commitment, humanity and dignity.
Why should catholics, however strict, be afraid of that? Much more of this hysteria and one could be forgiven for suspecting that all that “hate the sin, love the sinner” stuff is so much balderdash as the church seems to have it in for the poor sinners too.
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