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Catholic bishops declare victory after Illinois same-sex marriage bill stalls

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco on Monday applauded the Illinois House’s failure to vote on legalizing same-sex marriage. “The fact that the Illinois state House did not vote on the marriage redefinition bill reflects a failure to have the votes to pass the bill,” said Archbishop Cordileone, the chairman…

Archbishop of San Francisco: Delaware marriage equality ‘a serious injustice’ to kids

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco sharply criticized the state of Delaware on Wednesday, saying the state’s new marriage equality law would harm children. “The claim of this bill to redefine marriage is in vain; marriage cannot be redefined, because its unique meaning lies in our very nature. It is…

Archbishop of San Francisco calls Rhode Island marriage equality ‘a serious injustice’

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco on Friday lashed out at the state of Rhode Island over a newly signed law that allows same-sex couples to legally marry. Cordileone, the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage, described the law as…

San Francisco archbishop: Marriage equality ‘is like legalizing male breastfeeding’

A Catholic bishop who was instrumental in creating California’s Proposition 8 says that same sex marriage is a natural impossibility and granting marriage rights for LGBT couples “is like legalizing male breastfeeding.” Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone recently told the Catholic Herald that the “truth is clear” that it “discriminates against no…