Baltimore Priest Sullies His Pulpit And Vocation

I speak of Father Richard Lawrence of St Vincent de Paul Church in Baltimore MD.  Last weekend during his homily he read a letter from Archbishop Lori regarding MD's Question 6, then stated quite openly his own support of perversion couched in a caricature of matrimony.  Of course the Not-so Catholic Reporter gushed all over this.

By the way - this parish, on its website, shills for women's "ordination".  Not too surprising.

The Vortex delves into this situation and that of another dissident priest.  Click here if you cannot see embedded video.

Maltreated Gallaudet Official Gives Press Conference

I wrote last week about Dr. Angela McGaskill, the Gallaudet University official wrongly suspended for signing the petition to put "gay" marriage/perversion on Maryland's general ballot.  On October 16, through an interpreter (Dr. McGaskill is deaf) she gave a press conference.  I present it below.  Click here if you cannot see embedded video.

Why Are Many Episcopalians Becoming Catholic?

We've all seen several accounts of Episcopalians becoming Catholic - sometimes as entire parishes.  See here and here.  In these situations the people have said that the left-wing leaning nonsense of the Episcopalian hierarchy was becoming too much to stomach.  Mind you, this is the denomination that originated because Henry VIII of England wanted to divorce his wife and that opened the floodgates of contraception and abortion with its abysmal capitulation in its 1930 Lambeth Conference.

Some of that lunacy is apparent locally.  Take, for instance, St Luke's Episcopal Church in Bethesda MD.  It is at the intersection of Old Georgetown and Grosvenor.  What do they put forth as their image to anyone driving on those roads?  How's this for an example?

This is what folks driving north on Old Georgetown Rd see.  Of course they have a labyrinth; how helpful when goofy doctrine has one literally wandering in circles.  But notice that little blue yard sign towards the bottom.  It is a sign urging voters to vote "yes" on Question 6 on Maryland's general ballot.  That means that Maryland's Episcopal congregations are acting to facilitate perverted lifestyles at the expense of the God-given institution of marriage.

Lest anyone think that some "champion of marriage equality" plopped that sign in front of the church sign without proper authorization, here's another one by the Grosvenor entrance to the church.  Even if both of them were unauthorized, then why would not church personnel have removed them?

Holy Mother Church has her problems, to be sure.  But she still retains the Sacraments and Christ's teaching authority.  Many good Protestants, seeing the slop occurring in their churches, are coming home to Rome.

Bloomberg Financing Gay Marriage Push In Maryland

The gay lifestyle proponents are tapping into some big cash in their push to play "pretend" with marriage.  We were successful in petitioning the measure to ballot.  It is Question 6 - we urge a vote "against".

O'Malley put out a cash call.  New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is kicking in $250,000 towards promotion of a sinful lifestyle.  I take this occasion to suggest donations to Maryland Marriage Alliance.

Gallaudet University Wrongly Suspends MD Petition Signer

A few days ago I posted a video from some kindred spirits from the State of Washington alerting us all that if "gay marriage" becomes law, attempts would be made to stifle all voices that oppose this gross attack on the God-ordained institution.  Well, the MD "gay marriage" bill has not even yet been brought to a vote and already supporters of real marriage are facing retribution for their opposition to this proposed law.

In July, I advised all that the Washington Blade made public 110,000 of the signers of the petition to put MD's "gay marriage" bill on the ballot.  Among those names was Angela McCaskill.  Until a few days ago, she was chief diversity officer of Gallaudet University.  Another Gallaudet employee noticed her name on the petition and complained to University officials.  Gallaudet President T. Alan Hurwitz suspended her while he considers future action.

In other words, he knows he's catching well-deserved flack.  Even the gay-marriage proponents see this as an attack on Dr. McCaskill's rights as a citizen.  But perhaps the flack isn't all that might be causing Hurwitz to consider the errors of his ways.  Boys and girls, can we say "lawsuit"?

The legal discussion, plus relevant DC City Code can be found here.  If Gallaudet doesn't do right by Dr. McCaskill, I hope she does indeed file suit against them.

MD Elections - Ballot Question 6

Last March Governor O'Malley signed into law a measure that would grant same-sex couples the legal right to regard their sinful relationships as "marriage".  The law was not scheduled to go into effect until 2013.  We have the chance, by voting NO on Question 6, to keep the institution of marriage from being contorted.

Led by Maryland Marriage Alliance, activists quickly collected more than twice the number of signatures required to petition the measure to the general election ballot.  The Maryland Catholic Conference joined this effort, allowing us access to the lobbies of Catholic Churches.  With the overwhelming number of signatures collected, the gay-marriage lobby saw the futility of challenging the signatures; they never could have found a sufficient number of invalid signatures to stymie the effort.

When I discussed the matter of Question 4 a few days ago, I pointed out that it was a matter of prudential judgment as to whether or not one could oppose it.  The DREAM Act does not deal with matters of intrinsic evil.  On the other hand, Question 6 most certainly does deal with the mortal sin of homosexual conduct.  A Catholic cannot, in good conscience, vote "yes" on Question 6 to support the destruction of marriage, a relationship instituted by God Himself.  I think it most possible that since a vote for Question 6 would be formal cooperation with mortal sin (not certain of the "material" aspect), meaning that a vote for Question 6 might be mortally sinful.

So now, fellow Catholics and others of good will, it is up to us to spread the word and get our people to the polls.  Yes, that means YOU.  We don't have George-Soros types pouring untold scads of money our way (if anything, he'd be helping the perpetrators of perversion push through question 6).

Maryland is one of several states with such measures on their ballots.  Another state is the State of Washington.  Our colleagues in that state put an excellent video together that explains why so-called "gay marriage" is harmful to us all.  Please click here if you can't see embedded video.  To get active in preserving marriage in Maryland, please click on the the link in the second paragraph.