STOLEN IDENTITY

No union is more profound than marriage,

for it embodies the highest ideals of love,
delity, devo9on, sacrice, and family. In
forming a marital union, two people become
something greater than once they were.It
would m isunderstand these men and
women to say they disrespect the idea of
Their plea is that they do respect
marriage.
it, respect it so deeply that they seek to nd
its fulllment for themselves. Their hope is
not to be condemned to live in loneliness,
excluded from one of civiliza9ons oldest
ins9tu9ons. They ask for equal dignity in the
eyes of the law. The Cons9tu9on grants
them that right. It is so ordered.

Jus$ce Anthony Kennedy of the SCOTUS
June 26, 2015, legalizing Same Sex Unions

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meant to change
MAN
not for man to

change
the GOSPEL
to suit his
ACTIONS.

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How did we GET there?

What do we DO now?

Where do we GO from
here?

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How OUTLINE
did we
GTET
here?

Modern rationalisms
fascination with the I:
Rene Descartes
dictum I think,
therefore I am.

St. John Paul II calls
this the motto of
modern
rationalism (CTH, p.
51).

Rene Descartes 1596-1650

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the heart of
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liberty is the right to

define ones own

concept of existence,
of meaning, of the
universe, and of the
mystery of human
life.

Justice Kennedy on
Planned Parenthood v Casey,
1992

William Jeynes
on DEFACTUALIZATION
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Truth has been relegated to a

secondary posi9on in the na9ons
public schools, universi9es,
poli9cal forums and public
squares.

Defactualiza$on describes
socie9es in which facts are either
habitually denied or ignored due to
an emphasis on subjec9vity. In my
view, defactualiza9on is becoming
one of the greatest crises of
modern 9mes.

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Hi Im Bruce Jenner

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the modern
culture is not
IGNORANCE

of the truth

but
IGNORING
the truth.

Peter Kreeft

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Equality N
ecessarily
Leads

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What
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Reclaim?

1.
Love
a
nd
G
ender

2.
Love and Tolerance

3. The interpreta9on of
Desire
4. What makes marriage a
marriage

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Equality N
ecessarily
Leads

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Equality N
ecessarily
Leads

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Equality N
ecessarily
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ecessarily
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orient your

DESIRES,
according
to its


DESIGN,
that you
may reach your
DESTINY.

Christopher West

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ecessarily
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Marriage (n):

Marriage is the permanent
union of a man and a woman,
committed to each other for life,
dedicated to the procreation and
education of children, for the
good of the society and the
continuation of the human
race.

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Elements
of Marriage:

1. Covenant of fidelity
2. Sexual complementarity
3. Possibility of sex and
procreation
4. Societal benefit
5. Sustenance of the Human
race

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the common good it OUTLINE
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marriage
reect the truth that
unites a man and a woman as
husband and wife so that

children will have both a mother

and a father.
Marriage is based
on the anthropological truth
that men and woman are
dis9nct and complementary, the
biological fact that reproduc9on
depends on a man and a
woman, and the social reality
that children deserve a mother
and a father.

No, marriage isnt just a private aair;

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marriage is a mader of OUTLINE
public policy

because marriage is societys
best way to
ensure the well-being of children. State
recogni9on of marriage acts as a powerful
social norm
that encourages men and
women to commit to each other so they

will take responsibility for any children
that follow.

Redening marriage to make it a
genderless ins9tu9on fundamentally
changes marriage: It makes the
rela9onship more about the desires of
adults than about the needsor rights
of children. It teaches the lie that mothers
and fathers are interchangeable.

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Where d
o we gOo F fTrom
here?

1.Be gentle yet ardent proclaimers of the

Gospel.
2.
Be ready to be persecuted.
3.Prac9ce Posi9ve Orthodoxy: Refu9ng evil
by increasing the inuence of good.
4.Have condence in the splendor of Truth:
Truth is like a lion. Just set it free and it
will defend itself. St. Augus9ne
5.Be calm. Sleep well. Its Gods church.