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PA Bishops, Dioceses React to Supreme Court Decision

The July 26 Supreme Court decision  interpreted the U.S. Constitution to require all states to license and recognize same-sex “marriage.” Here is a reaction from around the state: Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia said, “The Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision on marriage
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June 30, 2015
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USCCB: Supreme Court Decision on Marriage “A Tragic Error”

FROM THE USCCB—The U.S. Supreme Court decision, June 26, interpreting the U.S. Constitution to require all states to license and recognize same-sex “marriage” “is a tragic error that harms the common good and most vulnerable among us,” said Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Ke
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June 26, 2015
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USCCB President Comments on Supreme Court’s Oral Arguments on Marriage

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments April 28, on the constitutionality of states defining and recognizing marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Commenting on the oral arguments before the Court, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, president
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April 29, 2015
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USCCB Chairmen Express Grave Disappointment toward Supreme Court’s Action

From the USCCB—The chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth, Bishop Richard J. Malone of Buffalo, New York, and the chairman of the USCCB’s Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage, Archbishop Salvatore J. C
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October 06, 2014
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Marriage Appeal Denied By Supreme Court

The effort by Clerk of Orphan’s Court Theresa Santai Gaffney to pursue intervention to appeal the Whitewood decision had proceeded to the Supreme Court.  Her petition to the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay of the Whitewood decision was denied on July 9th by Justice Alito, who is respons
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July 10, 2014
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The Clerk of the Orphan’s Court and Marriage Explained

On June 10, 2014, the Clerk of the Orphan’s Court of Schuylkill County, Theresa Santai Gaffney, filed a motion to intervene in the Whitewood v. Wolf court case that declared unconstitutional the law defining marriage between one man and one woman. Gaffney is seeking intervention
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June 17, 2014
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Schuylkill County Clerk Files Motion to Intervene in Marriage Lawsuit

Theresa Santai Gaffney, Clerk of the Orphan’s Court of Schuylkill County, filed a Motion to Intervene in Whitewood v. Wolf, the case in which federal District Judge John E. Jones, III declared unconstitutional the Commonwealth’s longstanding definition of marriage as between one man a
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June 10, 2014
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Catholic Witness and the March for Marriage

  By Archbishop Chaput, O.F.M Cap. writing for Catholicphilly.com The Gospel asks Christians to love and respect persons, no matter how deeply we might disagree with them. But we have no such duty to accept bad law or the confusion it creates. Law not only regulates, it also teac
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May 30, 2014
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USCCB Subcommittee Chairman Calls Decisions in Oregon and Pennsylvania Travesties of Justice

From the USCCB- Archbishop Cordileone says marriage, democracy, children deserve better Says state attorneys general were derelict in their duties Reiterates that authentic marriage is the union of one man and one woman WASHINGTON–Responding to the ruling by the federal court in Orego
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May 22, 2014
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Marriage Law Overturned, Will Not Be Appealed

Judge John E. Jones, III, a federal district court judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, declared this week that Pennsylvania’s Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between one man and one woman, is unconstitutional. He also ruled that Pennsylvania must recogniz
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May 21, 2014
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