Kaine, O'Malley Criticize D.C. Archdiocese

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Posted: 5:13 PM Nov 24, 2009 Kaine, O'Malley Criticize D.C. Archdiocese RICHMOND, Va. (AP) The governors of Virginia and Maryland say it would be wrong for the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington to quit providing social services if the District of Columbia approves gay marriage. Reporter: LARRY O'DELL - Associated Press Writer

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The governors of Virginia and Maryland say it would be wrong for the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington to quit providing social services if the District of Columbia approves gay marriage.

Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine and Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley are both Catholics. They criticized the church's position on the district's gay marriage proposal Tuesday during a joint appearance on WTOP radio in Washington.

The D.C. council is expected to approve gay marriage next month. If that happens, the archdiocese says it may end contracts with the city to run homeless shelters and provide other social services.

Kaine and O'Malley both said they disagree with that response.

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Posted by: again on Nov 26, 2009 at 10:15 AM

And yet, not all marriages between a man and a woman take place in a church or in any form of religious location. They can take place at a courthouse (a secular location) before a government official... But that's still called a marriage. So a homosexual couple being married in such a manner deserves the right to call their union a marriage too. Say what you will, instituting false distinctions based on words will only cause problems. Such a civil union is a marriage! Call it what it is and stop dancing around. We are in the 21st Century. It's time to get the mindset out of the Dark Ages and see that the love, happiness and joy that two people can find in such a relationship is not limited by which sex either person happens to be. Pursuit of happiness is one of the things people in this country are given by the Declaration of Independence and yet people like you insist on saying that a growing part of this country's people cannot be happy nor pursue it. So I say shame on you!

Posted by: Rusty Location: Shenandoah, VA on Nov 26, 2009 at 07:23 AM

They can do whatever they want, so long as it is not called marriage. Marriage is between a man and a woman. Let them come up with a word for whatever kind of civil union the state creates.

Posted by: *rolls eyes* on Nov 25, 2009 at 06:52 PM

I think you just contradicted yourself... Earlier you said no marriage at all for same-sex couples... Now you're saying they should be allowed to marry... *shakes head* Sounds like the typical double speak...

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