Here are some thoughts as an orientation concerning a problematic declaration – in my eyes – of the Central Committee of German Catholics [ZdK] made public this past weekend: [...]
If we were to consider the Church's Faith as it has been lived and shared until now and specifically concerning these topics [of marriage, sexuality and the family], then the approval of the requests made by the ZdK would mean a dramatic change of much that has been heretofore held to be valid concerning marriage and human sexuality. The Church believes – because of the Revelation that was given to her – that lived sexual practice has its legitimate place only within a marriage between a man and a woman, both of whom are open to the procreation of life and both of whom have made a bond that is to last until the death of one of the spouses. […] this bond is called a Sacrament, and it is strengthened with the help of God's own explicit promise to be the third part in this bond vowed between the two; He is the One Who binds this relationship, Who sanctifies it, makes it indissoluble and Who is also, again and again, the Source of Salvation for them.
NAME: 1 COLUMN C-FAM PRESS RELEASE View this email in your browser FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 28, 2015 Contact: Wendy Wright Email: wendy@c-fam.org Phone: 212-754-5948 White House Secretly Mandating that Faith-Based Grantees Accept Transgender Job Applicants WASHINGTON—A whistleblower inside the Obama administration revealed to the Friday Fax that the White House is quietly moving forward with a …More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 28, 2015 Contact: Wendy Wright Email: wendy@c-fam.org Phone: 212-754-5948
White House Secretly Mandating that Faith-Based Grantees Accept Transgender Job Applicants
WASHINGTON—A whistleblower inside the Obama administration revealed to the Friday Fax that the White House is quietly moving forward with a policy change that will require all charitable humanitarian groups to accept LGBT applicants in order to qualify for government funding, even religious groups with sincere religious objections.
The policy change is linked to an executive order President Obama issued last July that prohibits federal contractors from discriminatory hiring practices based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
“Faith-based contractors were already wrestling with that insensitive order,” said Austin Ruse, President of C-Fam. “Things are about to get exponentially worse for the far greater number of faith-based groups who receive financial grants to perform humanitarian tasks.”
The executive order last summer related only to federal contractors not to grant recipients. Nevertheless, the White House recently directed federal agencies to include the “sexual orientation and gender identity” mandate in all grant agreements as well. The US Agency for International Development has agreed to make this change and is said to be weeks away from implementation.
According to the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, federal agencies are being pressured to make this change quietly -- without a corresponding executive order. State Department lawyers have advised the White House that this change is not a legal matter but a matter of policy, according to the source.
“The implications of this change are devastating,” said Ruse. “Faith-based charities who serve the poorest of the poor around the globe will be forced to end vital programs if the White House disqualifies them.”
“Here is another example of this administration’s hostility toward people of faith and the people they serve,” Ruse added.
For more detail and analysis see the Friday Fax published at c-fam.org.
These Bishops have the Spirit of truth ,what worries me is that they seem to be worried aswell .At the same time they show unit ,and God will on their side ,because there is only one truth ,the rest is from the one that lies
