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Catholic Churches Hold Special Collection To Fight Gay Marriage
Some Find Second Collection Controversial

September 14, 2009


PORTLAND, Maine -- The campaign to overturn Maine's new gay-marriage law is heating up within the Catholic Church.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland asked parishioners to donate in a second collection on Sunday.

Church officials said they need money to help repeal the state's same-sex marriage law.

Officials said donations like the ones collected at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception will go to pay for television ads aimed at overturning the state law that legislators passed last spring.

Outside the church, two former nuns who now belong to a group called "Catholics for Marriage Equality" said they are disappointed by the church's decision to ask for a second collection.

"The fact that the bishop and the Catholic Church is coming out to help reverse the law for same-sex marriage is just appalling to me," Kathy Tosney said. "It doesn't feel right, feels very unjust, feels very discriminating."

Back inside the church, the pastor asked parishioners to ask themselves, what would Jesus do?

The Rev. Louis Phillips said, "Marriage pre-dates government, and since the beginning of time, marriage has been understood by people of every faith and culture to be the union of a man and a woman."

Parishioners News 8 spoke with said they believe the new law is not in keeping with what God would want.

Parishioner Jane Roy said "I hope we can go back to the tradition as it was, marriage should be between a man and a woman, at least in the state that I live in."

Marc Mutty from Stand For Marriage Maine, the campaign working to overturn the same-sex marriage law, said 140 churches across the state took double collections on Sunday.

Mutty said by the end of the day, the churches could have collected as much as $100,000 to $300,000.

Mutty said, "We don't have endless resources and we are scrambling to put the resources together to fund our media buy."

Along the church fence, a handful of protestors dressed as angels carried signs.

One read: For Heaven's sake, all love is divine - Vote No On 1.

On Nov. 3rd, voters in Maine will vote "yes" to repeal the marriage equality law or "no" to keep it on the books.

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[Velleity]

Why do you hate gay people?

[Mornac]

I don't.

[Velleity]

I don't.

If you don't hate gay people then why do you talk like you hate gay people?

[Pepsi]

I don't.

Why do you give a damn about this subject?

[Mornac]

[Mornac]

[Velleity]

[Mornac]

[Velleity]

You are not paying attention: I did not say that every time you say something that makes someone sad, you hate them.

You are also being obtuse, but let's play.

So,

Mornac is really trying to say:

1. I love gay people;

2. I know gay people want to have same sex marriage rights;

3. If I oppose gay people having same sex marriage rights I will be making gay people sad;

4. Because I love gay people I do not want to make them sad.

Therefore I favor gay people having same sex marriage rights.

Is that right? Is that really what you're trying to say?

[Pepsi]

"I like your Christ but I don't care for your Christians; they are so unlike your Christ."

Gandhi

[lucy]

Why would gays want to be legally married really? Then, they have to face legal divorce court.

They have so much more freedom just being themselves without the social/legal constraints of marriage, imo.

[Mornac]

[Mornac]

"I like your Christ but I don't care for your Christians; they are so unlike your Christ."

Gandhi

"I like your pagans but I don't care for their pagan gods; they are so unlike Christ"

Mornac

[lucy]

If you want to speak about Christ's teachings, there are perhaps some things we do that would not be very well-received if Christ were again here among us...specifically, how we treat others and how we treat God, I think.

Need some rest since it is late.

Goodnight and be happy for your blessings. Wish the best for others.