Archive for Tuesday, June 17, 2008
L.A. Cardinal Mahony, other church leaders again reject same-sex marriage
California will issue the first licenses to gay couples today. Mahony and other Roman Catholic bishops sign a statement emphasizing that marriage should only be between a man and a woman.
As California prepared for the beginning of same-sex marriages later today, Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony and other local bishops reaffirmed their belief that marriage should only be the joining of a man and a woman.
Marriage “has a unique place in God’s creation, joining a man and a woman in a committed relationship in order to nurture and support the new life for which marriage is intended,” said the bishops in a statement released today. “The meaning of marriage is deeply rooted in history and culture, and has been shaped considerably by Christian tradition. Its meaning is given, not constructed.”
The statement was signed by Mahony as well as Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Curry, Santa Barbara Pastoral Region; Auxiliary Bishop Gabino Zavala, San Gabriel Pastoral Region; Auxiliary Bishop Gerald Wilkerson, San Fernando Pastoral Region; Auxiliary Bishop Edward Wm. Clark, Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region; Auxiliary Bishop Alexander Salazar, San Pedro Pastoral Region; and Auxiliary Bishop Oscar A. Solis, Vicar for the Office of Ethnic Ministry.
The earliest time that gay couples will be allowed to marry is at 5:01 p.m. today. Alameda, Sonoma and Yolo counties will begin issuing marriage licenses to the public tonight; most counties will start Tuesday morning. San Francisco and Los Angeles counties will issue one marriage license each tonight to a designated couple to commemorate the ruling.
The first couple in Los Angeles County to marry will be Robin Tyler and Diane Olson, who on Valentine’s Day 2004 were denied a marriage license at the Beverly Hills Courthouse and challenged that rejection all the way to the California Supreme Court. Their license, to be issued in Beverly Hills, was given an exception “in recognition of their unique role in the court’s decision,” said acting Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean C. Logan.
In San Francisco, the first license will be handed out to the couple involved in the lawsuit that ultimately overturned the ban on gay marriage. In Sonoma County, 10 couples will receive their licenses tonight and in Yolo County, nine same-sex ceremonies will take place at the recorder’s office.
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