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U.S. bishops step up efforts to defend marriage

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Image via Wikipedia The U.S. bishops are stepping up their efforts in defense of marriage by making what was an ad hoc committee ‘’for the Defense of Marriage” into a new permanent subcommittee within the Committee on Laity , Marriage, Family Life and Youth.  That United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) subcommittee has released the second of five  videos  for the promotion and protection of marriage as the union of one man and one woman.  Entitled “Made for Life,’ the newly released video features real married couples reflecting on topics related to the gift of children, the indispensible place of fathers and mothers, and sexual difference. “Our culture is one that often forgets the sacred gift of the child, and in so doing it also fails to recognize the vital importance of a mother and a father together for the life and upbringing of that child,” said Bishop Salvatore Cordileone of Oakland, California , chairman of the committee. “The video als...