Source: http://www.cbcpnews.com/cbcpnews/?p=62674
Timestamp: 2019-05-26 09:09:49
Document Index: 340510040

Matched Legal Cases: ['§1605', '§1', '§1603', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§2357', '§4', '§2358', '§4', '§5', '§10', '§7', '§8']

The dignity and vocation of homosexual persons | CBCP News
CBCP President Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas (CBCP News)
•	Unmasking the way in which such tolerance [of homosexual unions] might be exploited or used in the service of ideology;
•	Stating clearly the immoral nature of these unions;
•	Reminding the government of the need to contain the phenomenon within certain limits so as to safeguard public morality and, above all, to avoid exposing young people to erroneous ideas about sexuality and marriage that would deprive them of their necessary defenses and contribute to the spread of the phenomenon.13
1	Catechism of the Catholic Church, §1605.
2	Pope John Paul II, “Marriage, One and Indissoluble in the First Chapters of Genesis,” General Audience, November 21, 1979, Vatican City.
3	St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa contra gentiles III-II.122.8.
4	Vatican II, Gaudium et spes, 48 §1. (cf. CCC, §1603)
5	Codex Iuris Canonici, can. 1055 § 1; cf. Gaudium et spes, 48 § 1.
6	In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in 2014 that 1.6% of the U.S. population identify themselves as gay, lesbian, and that 0.7% consider themselves bisexual. For details, see Ward et al., “Sexual Orientation and Health Among U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2013,” National Health Statistics Reports Number 77, July 15, 2014.
7	Catechism of the Catholic Church, §2357.
8	Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, “Considerations Regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions Between Homosexual Persons, June 3, 2003,” §4.
9	Catechism of the Catholic Church, §2358.
10	Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, “Considerations Regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions Between Homosexual Persons, June 3, 2003,” §4.
11	Ibid, §5.
14	Ibid., §10.
16	Ibid., §7.
18	Ibid., §8.