Spanish bishops call for strong turnout against gay marriage bill

http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid17620.asp

Roman Catholic bishops are calling for a strong turnout in a demonstration to protest a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in Spain, calling the fight against the legislation a "just cause."

The demonstration, planned for June 18, has been called by the Spanish Forum for the Family to protest the Socialist government's proposed law, which would make this traditionally Roman Catholic country the third European nation to legalize same-sex marriages.

In a statement sent to Spanish media Thursday, the bishops said, "We find ourselves faced with a question of the greatest moral and social importance which demands of citizens, and Catholics in particular, a clear and incisive response by every legitimate means." The demonstration is to be held under the slogan "The Family Does Matter."


I'm glad that they realize the family does matter--ALL families matter

Well, maybe that's why they're fighting the law: just cause.

How about instead supporting a law against pedophilia on the part of the clergy?