And some quick headlines too!

I love CNA. I really do. Their headlines are just AWESOME sometimes:
Obama picks Cuban Liberation theologian as U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See
At least they just put it on out there... Not only do they point out that he's a "strong Obama supporter" and has "significant praise from the Catholic left," but they also just scream LIBERATION THEOLOGY!!!
Favorite quote:

Although he claims to be a “defender of life in all of it stages,” Diaz was among 26 Catholic leaders and scholars who signed a statement supporting the nomination of staunch pro abortion Catholic Kathleen Sebelius as Health and Human Services Secretary.

*snerk*


Abortion supporters vandalize church, pro-life offices and university
Booo! Hissss!
Also, "Get your rosaries off our ovaries" is the best y'all can do? Really?


Kmiec proposes end of legally recognized marriage
You know, tie me up and call me a liberal, but I don't think this is a horrible idea. I've been saying for a long time that non-traditional couples want the term "marriage" because there's a certain level of psychological equality that's given there. They already have all the same rights and privileges (in CA, at least, which is where Pepperdine is and the Prop 8 stuff has been going on) - they just want to be called the same thing.

The thing is, marriage is and always has been an institution created by GOD - it's not an act of the state to sacramentally join two people. I think that by giving EVERYONE "civil unions" or whatever, and then having a priest/whatever-you-other-religious-people-use religiously validate that union... every couple is UNITED, affording them the same privileges (such as starting a family, visitation rights at the hospital, after-death legal stuff, etc.) - but they are only MARRIED in the eyes of the Church.

I wouldn't mind something like that at ALL for me personally - I think it would clear up a lot of confusion. Especially with people calling their significant other things like "partner," which does not necessarily imply religious marriage, the end of legal recognition of the term marriage would go a long way in increasing the amount of respect that mainstream, WASPy Americans have for non-traditional couples. And I don't care if you think homosexual sex is wrong (it is!) - everyone deserves respect at a basic level.