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This morning the City
Council of El Paso had its regular Tuesday meeting. Any
person is allowed to sign up ahead of time and speak in
the open forum. Fr. Michael Rodríguez spoke briefly to
City Council (~ 3 min). Below is the text of his words.
The City of El Paso also streams its meetings live and
then has video available at their website, it is
normally located at:
http://www.elpasotexas.gov/realplayer.asp The date
for this event would be Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012. So the
City should have video footage of this event as well for
those interested.
Address to El Paso City Council
by Fr. Michael Rodríguez
In the middle of our dark, secular, godless society,
there is a light. This light is the Holy Roman Catholic
Church. Jesus Christ and His Church teach the truth
about homosexuality, and we can summarize this truth in
three points:
(1) Homosexual acts are acts of grave depravity; they
are mortal sins which cry to heaven for vengeance. Under
no circumstances can they be approved.
(2) Homosexuality is an objective disorder.
(3) Homosexual persons are to be treated with
respect, compassion, and sensitivity.
In the debate over homosexuality, the dark side seeks
to frame the issue as one of discrimination and civil
rights. This makes no logical sense. No one has a civil
right to do something morally wrong. I don’t have a
right to steal. I don’t have a right to lie. I don’t
have a right to commit adultery, and I don’t have a
right to engage in homosexual acts. As for
discrimination, discrimination exists when one is
against a person not when one is against actions on the
part of a person. The Roman Catholic Church condemns
actions of a homosexual nature. She does not
discriminate against homosexual persons.
Thus, before anyone speaks about discrimination
and/or civil rights, the following questions must be
answered:
(1) Do you believe in right and wrong?
(2) How do you determine what is right and what is
wrong?
(3) Does society have an obligation to establish law
and order in accordance with its best effort to
determine right and wrong?
Thus, before anyone speaks about discrimination
and/or civil rights, the following question must be
answered:
(1) Are homosexual acts right or wrong?
If a Catholic does not believe and hold fast to the
truth that homosexual acts are wrong, one is no longer
Catholic. Such a "Catholic" must refrain from receiving
our Blessed Lord in Holy Communion, because one is no
longer in communion with the moral truths taught by
Jesus Christ and His Church.
In conclusion, no one on the face of this earth has a
greater love for homosexuals that the glorious Roman
Catholic Church. But it is never loving to lie. If you
lie to homosexuals and tell them that "homosexual acts
are o.k," then you are the one who is showing disdain
for homosexuals, because you don’t care about their true
good, happiness, and salvation.
Sancta Dei Genetrix, ora pro nobis. |
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