Letters

Unwelcome truth

Brian Coman

Contents - Feb 2012 - Buy a copy now Editorial: Climate change alarmism in the classroom - Michael Gilchrist Curia: Benedict XVI names 22 new cardinals for his fourth consistory - Peter Westmore News: The Church Around the World Religious Freedom: Freedom of religion American style - Babette Francis Law: Catholic politicians and same-sex 'marriage' - Michael Gilchrist Culture Wars: Catholic universities and secularism - Achbishop Charles Chaput Domus Australia: 'Roots and wings': a little corner of Australia in Rome - Fr Anthony Denton Census: Growth and decline in the churches: research findings - Frank Mobbs Youth: iWitness 2011: a celebration of young adult Catholic life - Br Barry Coldrey Missionary outreach: Melbourne parish's gifts for a growing Fijian parish - Christopher Akehurst Mission UK: Can pagan Britain recover its Christian identity? Letters: Same-sex 'marriage' - Robert Bom Letters: Unwelcome truth - Brian Coman Letters: Abortion laws - Terry and Rosemary McDonnell Letters: Human right? - Arnold Jago Letters: SSPX schools - Ken Bayliss Letters: Moral relativism - Fr Bernard McGrath Letters: Interest invited - David Forster Letters: Catholic reading - Gerard Wilson Books: HOW TO GET EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL, by Ian Plimer - Michael Gilchrist (reviewer) Books: THE RETURN OF MODERNISM:The Second Wave Revisited, by Dr J.N. Santamaria - David Perrin (reviewer) Books: SLO-MO TSUNAMI And Other Poems, by Bruce Dawe - Michael Gilchrist (reviewer) Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au Reflection: Pope's New Year Message for 2012 underlines the right use of freedom - Pope Benedict XVI

It is sheer madness to think that a same sex union can suddenly become a "marriage" merely by changing a few words in a civil law.

No words of ours whether inside or outside an act of parliament or any other statute can magically change something that is not marriage into marriage. In other words marriage is what it is, always was and always will be. Agitators for so called "gay marriage" simply demonstrate an unlimited capacity to rationalise in order to justify an action or to avoid an unwelcome truth.

The truth is that our bodies (male and female) are designed to complement each other for the continuance of our species and, as distasteful as it may be to some, the pleasures of sex are put there in pursuance of the same objective. Which is why marriage is considered blessed by peoples everywhere and why it has been described as a natural entity based on reason.

In short, a same sex union can never become marriage because marriage presupposes a man and a woman and that fact will ever be so. Supporters of same sex unions are smart enough to know all this so I conclude that the real objective is not to equalise the two sorts of relationships, which they know can never be achieved. but to dupe the more gullible among us into thinking that there is no difference.

The nail in the coffin of the attempt to falsely equate same sex unions with marriage will, I believe, be driven home by ordinary people like ourselves who will never accept that such unions are occasions for rejoicing as are marriages.

A moment's thought should tell just what it is about marriage that provides such universal joy and that there is no such element in a same sex union.

BRIAN COMAN
Mordialloc, Vic

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 25 No 1 (February 2012), p. 14