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U.S. Bishops Issue Strong Statement in Support of Legal Protection for Those Who Champion Traditional Marriage

Will Maule : Mar 19, 2018  Faithwire.com

"In a climate of increasing intolerance, these protections are urgently needed." -Archbishop Kurtz and Bishop Conley

[Faithwire.com] A pair of leading U.S. bishops have voiced their support for the legal protection of those who support traditional marriage. A joint statement from Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, chairman of the Committee for Religious Liberty, and Bishop James D. Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska, chairman of the Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage, urged support for those championing marriage between a man and a woman. (Photo: Creative Commons/via Pixabay)

A new piece of legislation, the First Amendment Defense Act, was recently introduced into the Senate by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah). The influential bishops noted that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops "has been vocal in support of the legislation since its inception," as reported by the Catholic Herald.

Bishops Kurtz and Conley noted that the legislation is "a modest and important measure that protects the rights of faith-based organizations and people of all faiths and of no faith who believe that marriage is the union of one man and one woman," adding that those in support of traditional marriage are "increasingly having their religious freedoms jeopardized and even forfeited"...

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