CALIFORNIA
New Zealand Herald
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ” Many Roman Catholics in this city named for humble St. Francis are sparring with each other on social media and in letters to newspapers over one figure: Their leader in the faith, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone.
Cordileone is a vocal opponent of same-sex marriage in one of the most gay-friendly U.S. cities. He has proposed that staff at archdiocese high schools “affirm and believe” that marriage is between a man and a woman and that sexual relations outside of marriage are “gravely evil.” He was scheduled to attend a March for Marriage rally in Washington, D.C., this weekend, but canceled to address unrest over his proposed morality clauses.
“I was expecting some controversy,” said Cordileone in an interview this week, “but not to this degree. And I thought we would be able to sit down and work things out.”
Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.