Thursday, June 27, 2013

WASHINGTON:US Conference of Catholic denounce Supreme Court marriage decision

WASHINGTON:US Conference of Catholic denounce Supreme Court marriage decision

By US Conference of Catholic Bishops
June 26, 2013

The U.S. Supreme Court decisions June 26 striking down part of the Defense of Marriage Act and refusing to rule on the merits of a challenge to California's Proposition 8 mark a "tragic day for marriage and our nation," said Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, chair of the U.S. bishops' Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage.

The statement follows.

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