Questions and Answers about Marriage and Same-Sex Union

The devil articles delve into the contemporary debate of alike sex wedlock. The first one presents the bourgeois orthodox perspective of the Catholic combine on like sex total while the second article presents an unorthodox view which is more liberal and accepting. both article advocate a post on the said(prenominal) issue and aims to spreadhead the good news of their stand. The two articles face up the issue of same sex kernel by giving their own commentary of labor union.The orthodox view solicits that marriage, as instituted by God, is a assentful, exclusive, deportmentlong union of a man and a woman joined in an intimate community of life and love and that same sex union is an altogether different thing from marriage since it does non fit the definition. They say that it is non based on the natural complementarity of phallic and female it thronenot cooperate with God to get to new life and the natural tendency of sexual union cannot be achieved by a same -sex union.The liberal view points otherwise saying that Marriage can be defined as the unique and special(prenominal) form of committed friendship and this does not say that the persons have to be heterosexually attracted, thence wad of the same sex can still be married. This contrasting view is an interesting point for further relation and contrasting. Both authors use the book of account as their authoritative source of arguments. The USCCB in match claims that what is right is what is written in the bible, Prof.Maguire on his part claims that the bible as a historical note is not an account of what is right, it sometimes contain accounts which recommends what should not be done as depicted by the lesson of particular stories like in the stories somewhat slavery. The liberal view purports that many Catholic theologians agree now with Protestant and Jewish theologians that same sex unions can be moral, healthy, and holy and that many Catholic people are living in same sex unions and adopting children and still practicing their Catholic faith however . opus the USCCB continues to campaign against the equation of same sex unions to marriage and urges followers to honor their opinions in line with the teachings of their faith and of the bible. While using almost the same source, the bible and the interpretation of the word of God, both authors argue in different directions both of which does not directly rebut each other.