Cardinal
George: US is adopting ‘official religion’ on homosexuality that is reminiscent
of sharia
In an archdiocesan
newspaper column, Cardinal Francis George of Chicago said that American law has
“taken upon itself the mantle of a religion and officially told its citizens
what they must personally think or what ‘values’ they must personalize in order
to deserve to be part of the country.”
He writes:
Since the biblical vision of what it means to be human tells us
that not every friendship or love can be expressed in sexual relations, the
Church’s teaching on these issues is now evidence of intolerance for what the
civil law upholds and even imposes. What was once a request to live and let
live has now become a demand for approval. The “ruling class,” those who shape
public opinion in politics, in education, in communications, in entertainment,
is using the civil law to impose its own form of morality on everyone. We are
told that, even in marriage itself, there is no difference between men and
women, although nature and our very bodies clearly evidence that men and women
are not interchangeable at will in forming a family. Nevertheless, those who do
not conform to the official religion, we are warned, place their citizenship in
danger …
Swimming against the tide means limiting one’s access to positions of prestige and power in society. It means that those who choose to live by the Catholic faith will not be welcomed as political candidates to national office, will not sit on editorial boards of major newspapers, will not be at home on most university faculties, will not have successful careers as actors and entertainers. Nor will their children, who will also be suspect. Since all public institutions, no matter who owns or operates them, will be agents of the government and conform their activities to the demands of the official religion, the practice of medicine and law will become more difficult for faithful Catholics. It already means in some States that those who run businesses must conform their activities to the official religion or be fined, as Christians and Jews are fined for their religion in countries governed by Sharia law.
Swimming against the tide means limiting one’s access to positions of prestige and power in society. It means that those who choose to live by the Catholic faith will not be welcomed as political candidates to national office, will not sit on editorial boards of major newspapers, will not be at home on most university faculties, will not have successful careers as actors and entertainers. Nor will their children, who will also be suspect. Since all public institutions, no matter who owns or operates them, will be agents of the government and conform their activities to the demands of the official religion, the practice of medicine and law will become more difficult for faithful Catholics. It already means in some States that those who run businesses must conform their activities to the official religion or be fined, as Christians and Jews are fined for their religion in countries governed by Sharia law.
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