Letters

Rights of children

Arnold Jago

Contents - Jun 2013 - Buy a copy now Homily: Benedict XVI's Corpus Christi homily - Pope Benedict XVI Pope begins reform of the Vatican Curia - Peter Westmore News: The Church Around the World Youth: Melbourne to host Australian Catholic Youth Festival - Br Barry Coldrey St Joseph the Worker: Pope Francis: Work is essential to the dignity of the person Farcical history: the 'Gospel of Jesus' wife' - Frank Mobbs Redefining marriage: what of the rights of children? - Denise Hunnell The strange story of Mr Douglas Hyde - Damian Wyld Why we need the Rosary - Cedric Wright The Boston bombings: facing the reality of evil in the world - Bishop Arthur Serratelli The elephant in the sanctuary - Paul MacLeod Letters: Rights of children - Arnold Jago Letters: Truth about marriage - Name and Address Supplied Letters: Year of Faith - Edward P. Evans Letters: Liturgical heritage - 'Temple Policeman' Books: YOUCAT: Youth Prayer Book, by Cardinal Christoph Schönborn - Peter Westmore (reviewer) Books: SEXUALITY EXPLAINED, by Louise Kirk - Peter Westmore (reviewer) Books: SAINTS WHO SAW MARY, by Raphael Brown - Br Barry Coldrey (reviewer) Books: AGE OF MARTYRS: from Diocletian to Constantine, Abbot Joseph Ricciotti - Br Barry Coldrey (reviewer) Books: MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA: a Personal Portrait, by Msgr Leo Maasburg - Br Barry Coldrey (reviewer) Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au Reflection: Marriage: a reflection of Christ's love for us - Fr Paul Chandler

Children should, ideally, grow up securely in constant contact with their biological next-of-kin. In a family.

Only a certain kind of family will do: a family based on the marriage and ongoing fidelity of one man and one woman.

For the state to legalise homosexual coupling – and call it "marriage" – puts all this at risk.

It is no good talking about "equality" as though only the adults involved matter.

It is no good saying that any couple feeling "love" has the right to alter marriage to something based merely on emotion.

Is not marriage a contract involving not only mother, father and children – but also the state, which is obliged to protect children's interests?

Traditional societies always considered the marriage contract to also involve God, making it something notto discard lightly.

ARNOLD JAGO (DR)
Mildura, Vic

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 26 No 5 (June 2013), p. 16