Catholic Church Bans Gay Marriages

Posted on June 19, 2008 in History of Marriage

The Catholic Church does not accept gay marriages, which is widespread in several nations. There is a huge debate going on about homosexual relationships amongst the political and religious authorities.

Though many claim of individual freedom and choice to live in accordance to one’s thinking, the Catholic Church claims that God’s laws bind an individual and going against the lord’s laws is immorality.

The Catholic Church believes that marriage does not mean any relationship between human beings. The creator has instituted marriage for a divine purpose, and no human has the right to go against it. Also the Catechism of the Catholic Church views Gay marriages as a sin against chastity.

In 1993, Pope John Paul II published his encyclical Veritatis Splendor which affirms:

“In teaching the existence of intrinsically evil acts, the Church accepts the teaching of Sacred Scripture. The Apostle Paul emphatically states: “Do not be deceived: neither the immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor sexual perverts, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor robbers will inherit the Kingdom of God.” (1 Cor. 6:9-10) (No. 81)

The Catholic Church states that Gay Marriages tend to close the sexual act that leads to the creation of new life.

The church claims that it has no personal hatred against any one. It is only trying to preserve God’s law on earth, which is a mark of Christian civilization.

Also, the religious engage themselves in earnest prayers for those who tend to fall into homosexual acts. They pray that those who give into such weakness are blessed with a grace to overcome this tendency. But, by no means will the church legalize such marriages.

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