Women-Church Convergence Supports Catholics for Marriage Equality in Minnesota
Women-Church Convergence Supports Catholics for Marriage Equality in Minnesota
October 7, 2011
The Women-Church Convergence meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on October 1, 2011, applauds and supports the work of Catholics for Marriage Equality in Minnesota. We are grateful for CME’s work to defeat the proposed state referendum that would limit marriage to a man and a woman. As Catholics, we affirm committed adult relationships, including marriage for all who choose it. Our faith invites no less and glories in the many forms of committed love we enjoy.
The so-called Minnesota Marriage Protection Amendment that will appear on the November 2012 ballot protects only those who are or can be heterosexually married. It discriminates against same-sex couples that wish for the legal and social protections afforded by the state to those who marry and to their families. As women committed to equal rights for everyone, we urge Minnesota voters to reject this amendment and instead embrace all who wish to legalize their commitments.
Women-Church Convergence is a coalition of more than thirty autonomous Catholic-rooted organizations/groups raising a feminist voice and committed to models of church that are participative, egalitarian, and self-governing. We love and respect our religious tradition enough to want its diverse voices to be heard in the public arena.