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August 31st 2003 Our Action at St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne
a
public action of witness and protest sponsored by
Queer activists,
gay Catholics and students, parents and family confronted the Catholic
Church and Archbishop Denis Hart over the recent Vatican document that
denounced gay unions as "evil" and condemned legislation to recognise them. Matthew 7: Jesus words: "We have been given a stone!"
Dr Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli's
excellent speech
THE VATICAN releases:
"This
document calls on all Catholics, and especially Catholic politicians, to oppose
any and all attempts to give any form of legal recognition to gay unions or
marriages, and will condemn adoption by gay couples as an act of "violence"
against a child. The document says that if any politician votes to support legal
recognition for gay unions, he (sic) commits a "gravely immoral" act.
(A FABULOUS RESPONSE by
DEMOCRATS Response:
FULL TEXT
OF THE VATICAN ANNOUNCEMENT |