{"id":7142,"date":"2011-09-13T13:14:42","date_gmt":"2011-09-13T17:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=7142"},"modified":"2011-09-13T13:14:42","modified_gmt":"2011-09-13T17:14:42","slug":"daily-mail-scottish-bishop-calls-same-sex-marriage-cultural-vandalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/09\/daily-mail-scottish-bishop-calls-same-sex-marriage-cultural-vandalism","title":{"rendered":"Daily Mail: Scottish bishop calls same-sex marriage &#8216;cultural vandalism&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scotland&#8217;s Philip Tartaglia, a senior bishop in the Catholic church, says that any government which legalizes gay marriage is committing &#8220;cultural vandalism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Bishop of Paisley said that any such move by Scottish legislators\u00a0would &#8220;shame Scotland in the eyes of the world,&#8221; according to the British newspaper the <em>Daily Mail.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A government which favors and allows for same sex &#8220;marriage&#8221; does wrong. It fails in its duty to society,&#8221;\u00a0Tartaglia said as the Scottish government began a 14-week consultation on whether homosexual couples should be allowed to marry in a civil or religious ceremony. &#8220;It undermines the common good. It commits an act of cultural vandalism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Daily Mail<\/em> continues:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Such a government does not deserve the trust which the nation, and including many in the Catholic community, has shown in it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Current laws allow same-sex couples to enter into a civil partnership, which provides those involved with all the legal rights of a married couple, but cannot be conducted on religious premises.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Tartaglia also said that as marriage predates any government, ministers do not have the authority to change its meaning.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metro.co.uk\/news\/875184-catholic-church-bishop-calls-gay-marriage-cultural-vandalism#ixzz1XqnBCMGi\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE to read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scotland&#8217;s Philip Tartaglia, a senior bishop in the Catholic church, says that any government which legalizes gay marriage is committing &#8220;cultural vandalism.&#8221; 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