Surely, in view of the recent parliamentary vote on Same Sex Marriage (Redefinition Of Marriage Bill ) every Catholic MP who voted for or who abstained from voting for this abhorrent Bill should be
Excommunicated!
Catholic MPS vote for gay marriage:
From The Tablet:
8 February 2013
A
majority of Catholic MPs voted in favour of allowing same-sex marriage
after a second reading of the Government's bill on Tuesday.
In total, 400 MPs voted for the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) bill and 175 voted against.
A breakdown of those who voted shows that a substantial majority of Catholic MPs backed the move.
Out
of the 82 Catholic MPs, 47 - almost 60 per cent - were in favour of
same-sex marriage. Of these, 32 are Labour, 12 Conservative, two Liberal
Democrat and one SDLP.
Supporters
of the legislation included Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions
Secretary, and Patrick McLoughlin, the Transport Secretary.
Twenty-eight
Catholic MPs voted against the bill including Sarah Teather, the
Liberal Democrat former children's minister. She said: "It was one of
the most difficult decisions I have ever taken."
Fifteen
Labour MPs voted against the legislation, along with 11 Conservatives
and two Liberal Democrats - Ms Teather and John Pugh, MP for Southport.
Seven Catholic MPs did not register a vote: two Conservatives, two
Liberal Democrats, one member of the SNP and two members of the SDLP. (With permission from the publisher-The article by
Christopher Lamb and Sam Adams entitled Catholic MPs vote for gay
marriage’, published on the Tablet website and in The Tablet of 9
February 2013-The Tablet:here)-To see a full list of how the MPS voted Click on Coalition4marriage:here)
Hi Jarra lad!
ReplyDeleteI was trying to locate the names of the Scots Catholic MPs who voted FOR this evil legislation when I came across this - and I'm writing a piece for the newsletter on this same topic. So, great minds think alike!
Only one thing, which I hope you don't mind me mentioning - and I published an extract from the link I'm about to place here, in the newsletter some time ago - but we are NOT "Roman Catholics" (unless born in Rome!) The Protestants gave us this title for reasons explained in the article so I find it a bit disappointing when I see it spread right across the internet on Catholic sites.
http://www.ewtn.com/faith/teachings/churb3.htm
Anyway, hope you are planning to send for your ticket soon for the Catholic Truth conference! I'd love to see you there - with a busload from the north east if possible! If you've never been to Celtic Park, this is your chance!
Dear EditorCT/Pat,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment-you are absolutely correct-I have now deleted the word (Roman)!
Cheers,
Michael.