Archbishop Timothy Dolan Issues Call For Anti-Gay Action In Advance Of SCOTUS Rulings On Prop 8 And DOMA

In his role as the head of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Timothy Dolan has issued a directive for all parishes to insert the above message into Sunday bulletins.  David Badash writes at New Civil Rights Movement:

As of Friday night, New York City has been home to nine anti-LGBT violent hate crimes this month, and 27 this year — almost double the rate of last year, which saw a double-digit increase over the previous year. But instead of denouncing anti-gay violence, instead of even acknowledging it, instead of calling for tolerance and love, Cardinal Dolan issued a directive to preach anti-LGBT hate in Church. Even the President of NOM, the National Organization For Marriage, and the head of the anti-gay hate group, Family Research Council, have denounced the violence. But the nation’s number one Catholic cannot find the time to even acknowledge it, much less denounce it.

Badash has posted the full bulletin. It opens:

For the first time in our nation’s history, the Supreme Court is considering two cases about whether or not marriage should be redefined to include two persons of the same sex. These cases involve the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8, both of which define marriage as the union of one man and one woman.The Court is expected to rule on both cases by the end of June. A broad negative ruling could redefine marriage in the law throughout the entire country, becoming the “Roe v. Wade” of marriage. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has joined with many other organizations in urging the Supreme Court to uphold both DOMA and Proposition 8 and thereby to recognize the essential, irreplaceable contribution that husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, make to society, and especially to children.