Immigration groups backing equal marriage lose Catholic funding
Thu. August 1, 2013 8:14 AM by Windy City Media Group
Chicago, IL -
Chicago's archbishop has drawn a line in the sand for immigrant rights groups supporting equal marriage in Illinois.
Cardinal Francis George is defending the church's decision to pull funding from the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR), after the coalition announced support for equal marriage. The controversy has ensnared local politicians.
In May, ICIRR announced support for equal marriage amid a push to pass same-sex marriage legislation in Illinois.
"While we recognize that there are differences of opinion within immigrant and faith-based communities regarding same-sex marriages, including among our members, the majority of our members — and therefore our organization — believe that a full respect for our state's and our nation's diversity demands that we not discriminate based on whom we love, and that we call upon an end to such discrimination in our local, state, and federal laws," the organization said at the time.
That statement prompted the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) to yank funding from the coalition.
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Cardinal Francis George is defending the church's decision to pull funding from the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR), after the coalition announced support for equal marriage. The controversy has ensnared local politicians.
In May, ICIRR announced support for equal marriage amid a push to pass same-sex marriage legislation in Illinois.
"While we recognize that there are differences of opinion within immigrant and faith-based communities regarding same-sex marriages, including among our members, the majority of our members — and therefore our organization — believe that a full respect for our state's and our nation's diversity demands that we not discriminate based on whom we love, and that we call upon an end to such discrimination in our local, state, and federal laws," the organization said at the time.
That statement prompted the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) to yank funding from the coalition.
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