June 26, 2015 We the bishops of Kansas are deeply disappointed by today’s Supreme Court decision, though sadly not surprised. While the government may control the issuing of marriage certificates, marriage remains unchangeably a coming together of the male and the female for their good, the good of children, and the good of society. This …
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November 13, 2014 Kansas’ four Catholic bishops released a statement today on yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling concerning Kansas’ Marriage Amendment. Click here to read the bishops’ statement.
September 12, 2014
January 17, 2014 The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, whose jurisdiction includes Kansas, will hear appeals of lower court decisions striking down state constitutional amendments in Utah and Oklahoma that define marriage as between one man and one woman. Kansas has a similar amendment that would fall if the 10th Circuit rules against the …
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June 27, 2013 Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas, Bishop John Brungardt of Dodge City, Bishop Edward Weisenburger of Salina, and Monsignor Robert Hemberger, Diocesan Administrator of Wichita, issued the following statement today in response to the United States Supreme Court decisions in United States v. Windsorand Hollingsworth v. Perry: In one of …
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June 26, 2013 In two landmark decisions, the US Supreme Court struck down part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act and appears to have allowed same-sex marriages to resume in California. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops decried the rulings as mistaken and a “tragic day for marriage and our nation.”
May 24, 2012 The statement is the third in a series of election year 2012 statements for Catholics in Kansas. Kansas Bishops on Marriage, Family and the Election For more information, visit the Kansas Catholic Conference Election 2012 page.
May 10, 2012 President Obama has declared his support for efforts to redefine marriage to include same-sex unions. The Catholic Church teaches that marriage is a union between one man and one woman, and that every child deserves a mother and a father.
June 27, 2011 New York became the the sixth and largest state in the country to legalize gay marriage, and the third to do so through legislation rather than a court decision. In a statement, the state’s Catholic bishops decried the Legislature’s decision, saying “Our society must regain what it appears to have lost – …
February 24, 2011 The Obama Administration has announced that it will no longer defend the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Anthony Picarello, Jr., General Counsel of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued the following statement: “Marriage has been understood for millennia and across cultures as the union of one man and one woman. …
