Here is an excerpt from his answers to questions submitted by a San Francisco Chronicle reporter:
The basic question is: does our society need an institution that connects children to their mothers and fathers, or doesn’t it? The only institution that does this is marriage. Redefining marriage will mean that our society will have given its definitive answer: “no”; it will mean changing the basic understanding of marriage from a child-centered institution to one that sees it as a temporary, revocable commitment which prioritizes the romantic happiness of adults over building a loving, lasting family.
Implicit in his explanation is a belief that the LGBT cannot possibly raise children and are inappropriate role models for them. Well, I have been a parent and my kid has grown up to be a wonderfully balanced and happy person. He is plainly wrong.
Read the whole article here.
Maybe the most infuriating thing about Archbishop Sal's words is his disingenuous call for dialogue with San Francisco's LGBT community, which he claims to be open and welcoming to, despite that he did a number of things upon arriving in SF that made gay Catholics feel like second class citizens. This man claims to be a man of God, but at least when it comes to his views about the LGBT, he is a force for fear, not love.
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