{"id":506296,"date":"2014-06-18T19:03:37","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T19:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/salvatore-cordileone\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:51","slug":"salvatore-cordileone","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/salvatore-cordileone\/","title":{"rendered":"Salvatore Cordileone"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014Known as \u201cfather of Proposition 8\u201d<\/a> for his outsized role in that fight.<\/p>\n

\u2014Says<\/a>, \u201cThe clear biological fact is that a human being is born either male or female….Yet now we have the idea gaining acceptance that biological sex and one\u2019s personal gender identity can be at variance with each other, with more and more gender identities being invented.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Advocated for<\/a> the so-called \u201cFirst Amendment Defense Act,\u201d which would allow business owners and providers to cite religion as an acceptable reason to deny goods and services to LGBTQ people.<\/p>\n

\u2014Cited homosexuality as<\/a> one of the \u201cliving reflections of hell\u201d on America\u2019s streets: \u201cAnd even in our own city of St. Francis, we see \u2026 the celebration and even exaltation of the vulgar and the blasphemous, mocking God\u2019s beautiful plan in how He created us, in our very bodies, for communion with one another and Himself…. God is roundly mocked in our very streets, and it is met with approval and applause in our community\u2014and yet, we remain silent.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Insists that homosexuality necessitates \u201cbehaviors and lifestyles that so often lead to self-destruction.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014At National Organization for Marriage event in California in 2007, advocated for \u201csupport groups for people with same-sex attraction to support them in living a healthy and virtuous life so that they might avoid behaviors that so often end in self-destruction<\/a>.\u201d (begins at 1:09)<\/p>\n

\u2014On gay people and their supposed need to get help<\/a>: \u201cWe love them too much to tell them a lie. But, rather, we love you so much that we are going to try to affirm you living in the way that God intended you to live; to affirm you in friendship, and especially try to encourage joining a support group.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Says of marriage equality: \u201cthe ultimate attack of the Evil One is the attack on marriage.<\/a>\u201c<\/p>\n

\u2014Speaking on marriage equality (in this case in Minnesota), insisted that \u201csexual relationships outside of the marital context of husband and wife…are actually harmful to individuals and to society as a whole<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Opposes employment protections for LGBTQ people, stating in a joint letter that \u201chomosexual conduct has no claim to any special protection by the state.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014Insists that legalizing same-sex marriage is akin to legalizing male-breastfeeding<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2014Opposes civil unions, saying it \u201cpromotes the crossing of moral boundaries<\/a>\u201c: Bishop Cordileone reaffirmed the remarks of Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island, who after the civil union vote indicated that \u201ca civil union can never be accepted as a legitimate alternative to holy matrimony\u201d because it promotes an unacceptable lifestyle, undermines marriage, and causes confusion and scandal. \u201cAs pointed out by Bishop Tobin,\u201d Bishop Cordileone said, \u201cthe legalization of civil unions in Rhode Island further erodes marriage\u2019s unique status and meaning and promotes the crossing of moral boundaries. In no way can civil union measures be considered a permissible compromise or a step in advancing the common good; instead, they directly violate principles of justice and accelerate the push to redefine marriage itself.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Openly endorsed a piece of legislation that would ban same-sex marriage in the U.S. Constitution<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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