THE ARCHBISHOP primate of Spain says that same-sex unions are in no way “comparable to marriage”.
In a homily, Archbishop Antonio Caiizares Llovera of Toledo said “it is not even valid to call by the word ‘marriage’ — stable union of one man and one woman open to life — these homosexual unions, because they disfigure at its very core what this word expresses and has always expressed in all areas of the world and at all times”.
Spanish government officials recently confirmed their desire to legalise “homosexual marriages.” Archbishop Caiizares said: “At a time when the protection of the family institution should have first place in the concern of governments of rich countries, caught in the whirlwind of a demographic winter and the growing criminality of young people born in destroyed and ‘dressed up’ families, the proposal of a homosexual marriage, and the fact that political leaders assume it, demonstrate a grave disorder in the mentality of the prevailing culture.” He added: “Lawmakers, and in particular those who are Catholics, will not be able to cooperate with their vote or support to this type of legislation which, by going against the common good and the truth of man, would be really iniquitous.”