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O'MALLEY'S STAKE IN CIVIL MARRIAGE

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20040312
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ARCHBISHOP SEAN P. O'MALLEY DID NOT ELUCIDATE SAINT AUGUSTINE'S CALL FOR "FREEDOM IN NON ESSENTIAL THINGS" IN HIS OP ED PIECE "CHARITY NEEDED IN DEBATE ON GAY MARRIAGE" (MARCH 11). CONSEQUENTLY, IT IS HARD TO SEE HOW THE LEGAL MATTER OF AN ALLEGED "REDEFINITION OF MARRIAGE" IS SO ESSENTIAL THAT IT DEMANDS UNITY FROM CHRISTIANS. SURELY THE ISSUE BELABORED BY O'MALLEY IS CONSIDERABLY LESS ESSENTIAL TO CHRISTIAN BELIEF THAN, FOR INSTANCE, THE DOCTRINE OF THE INCARNATION. Moreover, in speaking nebulously about the "institution of marriage" in general, O'Malley risks confusing it with the ...

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