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Canadian Bishops Pro-Family Arm Pleads with Senate not to Pass Gay 'Marriage' Law

OTTAWA, July 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) -  The Canadian Organization for Life and Family (COLF), the pro-life and pro-family arm of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops organization, has called on the Canadian Senate to put a halt to the homosexual 'marriage' legislation which passed in the Commons last Tuesday. 

COLF enumerated persistent concerns with the legislation including it's damage to children.  "We are also very troubled by the lack of consideration of this bill for the needs of Canadian children, who are best nurtured by a mother and a father," said the letter. "If Bill C-38 becomes law, some children will grow up with two partners of the same sex, while other children, being brought up by a mother and a father, will see school and society at large propose a vision of marriage that is contrary to the nature of things."

The letter warns, "This distortion of the natural institution of marriage written into Bill C-38 will have a negative impact on all families.  An alarming perspective when you know that 'the future of humanity passes through the family', as said Pope John Paul II."

The Bishops also warn of coming persecution with the new law, not only for people of religious faith, but for any Canadians who oppose homosexual 'marriage'.  "Finally, in spite of the amendments added to the original text of Bill C-38 by the House of Commons, we are still very concerned about the freedoms of conscience, religion and expression of parents, teachers, preachers and other Canadian citizens who disagree with the vision of marriage that the government seems determined to impose on all of society. We fear that they will be victims of discrimination and of unwarranted legal proceedings for educating, teaching and preaching in agreement with their faith and conscience."

See the full COLF letter online:
http://www.cccb.ca/PublicStatements.htm?CD=&ID=1682

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