{"id":522382,"date":"2022-12-07T01:50:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T22:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/same-sex-marriage-bill-pits-biden-against-catholic-bishops-again\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T01:50:25","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T22:50:25","slug":"same-sex-marriage-bill-pits-biden-against-catholic-bishops-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/same-sex-marriage-bill-pits-biden-against-catholic-bishops-again\/","title":{"rendered":"#Same-sex marriage bill pits Biden against Catholic bishops \u2014 again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e2d6eb6590\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/same-sex-marriage-bill-pits-biden-against-catholic-bishops-again\/#Same-sex_marriage_bill_pits_Biden_against_Catholic_bishops_%E2%80%94_again\" >Same-sex marriage bill pits Biden against Catholic bishops \u2014 again<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Same-sex_marriage_bill_pits_Biden_against_Catholic_bishops_%E2%80%94_again\"><\/span>Same-sex marriage bill pits Biden against Catholic bishops \u2014 again<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/bidenjoe_110922gn7_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President Biden is butting heads with Catholic bishops again, this time over same-sex marriage protections expected to reach his desk this week.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) opposes the Respect for Marriage Act, arguing it doesn\u2019t include enough leeway for religious organizations.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI disagree,\u201d Biden, only the second Catholic president in U.S. history, told reporters on Tuesday about the bishops\u2019 objections.<\/p>\n<p>The fight between Biden and the bishops is all too familiar after the they spent much of his first year in the White House trying to deny him communion over his stance on abortion rights.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative Catholic bishops had called for the church not to offer communion to Biden or other pro-abortion rights politicians, but, in November of last year, the USCCB signaled an end to the debate by issuing a document on communion without mentioning the president or other politicians.<\/p>\n<p>Before the document was finalized, Biden received support from Pope Francis, who the president said told him he should keep receiving communion.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his time as president, Biden has consistently called for protections for abortion access, and he has often been found attending Catholic mass either in Wilmington, Del., or in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Biden also regularly calls for defending the rights of LGBTQ Americans.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>He has urged Congress to send him the Senate-passed bill that would repeal of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which recognized marriage as \u201conly a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The White House describes the Respect for Marriage Act as \u201cpersonal\u201d to the president, presenting another balancing act for Biden between his faith and his support for a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> issue that is in opposition to the church\u2019s teaching.<\/p>\n<p>The House is posed to pass the bill this week after the Senate cleared the measure last week in a 61-38 vote. Twelve Republicans joined on to the bill once it included an amendment outlining some protections for religious beliefs.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>That amendment\u00a0was also crucial for gaining support from religious institutions because it\u00a0shields them from having to provide services supporting same-sex marriage. Faiths and groups including the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America and the\u00a0Council for Christian Colleges and Universities\u00a0all support the religious freedom protections in the bill.<\/p>\n<p>But the changes haven\u2019t been enough for the Catholic bishops.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis bill fails to include clear, comprehensive, and affirmative con<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> protections for religious organizations and individuals who uphold the sanctity of traditional marriage that are needed,\u201d said Bishop Robert E. Barron, chairman of the USCCB\u2019s committee on laity, marriage, family life and youth.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Barron added that \u201cdecades of social and legal developments\u201d have led to society losing sight of the \u201cpurpose of marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Same-sex marriage has been legal nationwide since the Supreme Court\u2019s 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, while the Catholic Church is one of several that only recognizes marriage as a union between a man and a woman.<\/p>\n<p>The debate over same-sex marriage was resurrected this summer when the Supreme Court ended the decades-long right to abortion access by overturning Roe v. Wade. In Justice Clarence Thomas\u2019s concurring opinion for that ruling, he called on the court to also reconsider the precedent for Obergefell v. Hodges.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Biden and other Democrats have sought to move quickly to protect marriage equality, and the White House celebrated the Senate passing the bill as a historic step.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a huge step forward,\u201d Karine Jean-Pierre, the first openly LGBTQ person to serve as White House press secretary, said last week. \u201cAnd it is historic that we saw this movement from Congress in a bipartisan way to protect same-sex marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Updated at 6:29 p.m.<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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