True in our times.
On the heels of the Anglican announcement that blessing of gay couples is acceptable locally, one religious sect in New Jersey is attempting to commandeer the civil definition of marriage:
Legislators are under intense pressure, especially from the anti-gay marriage groups who have taken their campaign to the airwaves while the state's Catholic Bishops are asking parishioners to defend marriage as defined by the church.
The Archdiocese of Newark says that more than 150,000 New Jersey Catholics have petitioned the state legislature to maintain the definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
The Archdiocese of Newark says that more than 150,000 New Jersey Catholics have petitioned the state legislature to maintain the definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
