Comments on: We are Now Enemies of the State

By: NY Gov. Cuomo: opponents of un-natural “marriage” are “anti-American” | CatInfor.com

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:18:54 +0000

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By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:13:11 +0000

We have been talking about this coming now for years and we finally see the persecution starting. It will not surprise me when Christians face Prison or Death if they stand up for the Truth of God as Stated in His Word!

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Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:31:05 +0000

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By: Shellie

Shellie — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:55:09 +0000

America used to be hard core ~ we need to get back to that! You had to really love America to stand and say with pride Im an American! Because you could also burn the American flag to protest the choices made in Washington, speak as loudly and long about whatever you wanted but you had to hear the same from others even when it made your blood boil.
I am myself a convert to Catholism and I thank God daily for my faith and His guidance. I am also an intelligent, self thinking human being who is proud to be American as I am sure you would find the majority of Catholics are.
I personally also believe with all my heart and soul that God creates you, man or woman either straight or gay. This isnt a choice, nor is this about choice. It is however about marriage there needs to a partnership law not only for gay couples but for the many people who choose not to marry to protect their partners, children and property. Marriage was created by God not the state and He placed Adam and Eve together in the garden. It is a Holy and sacred union not something made up by the states. I believe that all couples should have equal rights but marriage no.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:52:50 +0000

To James: Cuomo PRESSURED any dissenters on the matter of homosexual ‘marriage.’ Payback would have been severe for those who didn’t vote ‘yay.’ That was his agenda from the very beginning.

As far as seeing the face of Christ in my comments. Who is your Christ? He turned the tables over in the temple and spoke very severely to the pharisees and the scribes on many occasions. ‘Tis time to be bold my friend. We need more muscular Christianity. I stand with Archbishop Fulton Sheen and Cardinal Clemens von Galen who WARNED the world about the path of chastisement ahead.

I also pray the Bishops will process the statue of Our Lady of America into the Washington, DC Basilica and dedicate the country, especially the youth, to her purity. The times are dire… And we need the graces desperately.

By: lauren

lauren — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:55:14 +0000

@dana:

Your un-Christ-like attitude towards folks with HIV/AIDS saddens me.
HIV transmission rates for the poor and Blacks/Latinos are very high.

By race/ethnicity, African Americans face the most severe burden of HIV in the United States (US). At the end of 2007, blacks accounted for almost half (46%) of people living with a diagnosis of HIV infection in the 37 states and 5 US dependent areas with long-term, confidential, name-based HIV reporting. In 2006, blacks accounted for nearly half (45%) of new infections in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Even though new HIV infections among blacks overall have been roughly stable since the early 1990s, compared with members of other races and ethnicities they continue to account for a higher proportion of cases at all stages of HIV—from new infections to deaths.

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/aa/index.htm

Also, the DSM-II stopped listing homosexuality as a disorder in 1974.

Presented with data from researchers such as Alfred Kinsey and Evelyn Hooker, the seventh printing of the DSM-II, in 1974, no longer listed homosexuality as a category of disorder. After a vote by the APA trustees in 1973, and confirmed by the wider APA membership in 1974, the diagnosis was replaced with the category of “sexual orientation disturbance”.

http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleID=158812

Please get your facts right!

By: dana

dana — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:06:07 +0000

I thought it was established in the psychiatric medical community as far back as the 1970′s that homosexual life style was not really healthy, etc. I know that is taboo to hear that today. Also, the CDC has stated that homosexuals are 50 times more likely to contract the aids virus in today’s times more than non-homosexuals. These times that we are in are dark, evil and vulgarity runs rampant. I think we are in the end of times. God is love and does not condone what is going on in today’s society now.

By: Ed Mechmann

Ed Mechmann — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 21:10:20 +0000

Anyone who wishes to understand the Church's concerns about religious liberty would do well to read Bishop Lori's testimony before the House Subcommittee on the Constitution. It lays out the religious and legal premises for the protection of religious freedom, and the specific threats that we see developing. It is not a laughing matter.

By: Elaine Schenk, M.Id

Elaine Schenk, M.Id — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:42:33 +0000

The early Christians were enemies of the state of Rome due to their refusal to recognize the Emperor as a god. They worshiped Jesus, as do we. Countless Christians have died for their faith over the past 20 centuries, and their martyrdom only made the Body of Christ stronger. Others apostasized or cowered in the cellar or fled. May our Father in Heaven grant us strength of spirit to remain firm and not be conformed to this pagan age, but rather to continue to speak the truth with serenity, clarity and conviction, never resorting to arguments based merely on our passions but firmly rooted in Scripture, Catholic tradition and the Magisterium, as well as what the sciences authentically tell us about human nature. If you read this, please say a prayer for me that I may know how to transmit the truth to our college youth and encourage them to live it. Difficult days are coming fast.

By: James

James — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:47:39 +0000

A few comments on posts above. Although I don’t agree with everything Peter Rox has to say, I find his comments most insightful as are the comments of our Ukrainian friend, Jurek. I can only laugh at comments about the threats to religious freedom due to the legislative vote (majorities in the Senate and Assembly, Teresa – not decree by Cuomo) for equality in Civil Marriage. I consider myself a Catholic in the Jesuit tradition. I recall attending an alumni retreat at my former (Jesuit)high school some 18 months ago where discussion focus on how will people know we are Christian. The answer was people will know we are Christian if they see the face of Christ in us and in our actions. I failed to see the face of Christ in Archbishop Dolan’s comments last June that he thought he was living in North Korea because of the movement for equality in Civil Marriage laws. I cannot see the face of Christ in Teresa’s comments above ( I see the face of Fred Phelps or Pat Robertson post 9/11). I would tell Archbishop Dolan that he is not living in North Korea but also that he is not living in Vatican City – he is living in New York City a vibrant multicultural city that reflects the diversity of this great land of ours. Let’s be grateful that we live here and not in North Korea or the Ukraine in Soviet days or in Saudi Arabia (with its thriving religious police force) or in Iran. Gob Bless America and all of its people.