Two Catholic governors are talking same-sex marriage and Catholicism, and calling out the Catholic Church for threatening to suspend or eliminate social service programs for the poor in Washington, D.C. if the District’s City Council moves to recognize marriage equality for gays and lesbians.
The governors — Maryland’s Gov. Martin O’Malley and Virginia’s outgoing Gov. Tim Kaine — said on WTOP radio that the Church’s nuclear threat, which would end social services to upwards of 68,000 needy residents in D.C., is not in line with the theological history of the Church.
“It’s really not who the church has been. If you look at the church through history, the church will stand in tough situations and continue to do good,” said Gov. Kaine, who himself served as a Catholic missionary in Honduras several decades ago. “I would be very, very disappointed here or anywhere else if the Catholic Church decides ‘Gosh, we don’t like something that’s happening in civil society, so we’re going to retreat into our shell.’”
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