George Weigel discusses Fr. James Keenan, SJ, a favorite of VOTF, and the theologian who addressed the Massachusetts Legislature earlier this year telling them that banning gay marriage is actually contrary to Church teaching.
If you remember, Keenan claimed that the “discriminating” against gays violates their human rights, which he claims supercedes any discussion of chastity. Weigel says Keenan ignores the recent Doctrinal Note from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on Catholics and politics and quotes from it:
