Posts

Showing posts with the label Thomas Peters

Traditional marriage supporters in short supply at Supreme Court as critical decisions drop

Image
 A favorite saying of supporters of same-sex “marriage” is “We’re on the right side of history.”  But years from now, when future generations look back at Wednesday’s Supreme Court ruling in favor of redefining marriage to include homosexual couples, they may wonder whether there was ever any other side at all.  Photographs in history books will show hundreds of people crowded outside the entrance to the Court on Wednesday morning – all bedecked in rainbows, equal signs, and pink. The images are public relations gold for homosexual activists.  Unlike the infamous homosexual “ pride parades ,” where licentiousness, decadence and sexually explicit displays are the norm, the scene in front of the court today was decidedly family-oriented, albeit not always in the traditional sense.  Gay 'marriage' supporters rally outside the Supreme Court today. Same-sex couples held hands and pushed strollers.  One baby, asleep in an infant carrier , sported a pinned-on sign that rea

Washington National Cathedral to perform immoral homosexual marriage

Image
WASHINGTON, D.C. , January 10, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Washington National Cathedral , which has long been called “the nation’s church” for its prominent role in the religious life of presidents, lawmakers and other famous leaders, will begin celebrating same-sex “ marriages ” effective immediately, officials said Wednesday. The Cathedral will be among the first Episcopal churches to begin celebrating a new rite of “marriage” for its homosexual members added by Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Washington diocese in December. Budde’s diocese includes D.C. and a large part of Maryland .  Same-sex “marriage” is now legal in both jurisdictions.  Washington National Cathedral This diocesan expansion of the church’s definition of marriage is permitted under a “local option” granted by the Episcopal Church’s General Convention . At least for now, each priest in the diocese will have the freedom to decide whether to perform same-sex unions. The century-old cathedral has long