The Catholic Diocese of Washington has put the District of Columbia on notice:
Approve of gay marriage, and all Church-sponsored services in the district will cease.
So, if the electorate of D.C. says that gays can have the marriage rights that everyone else enjoys, the Roman Catholic Church will stop assistance to the homeless, the needy, and those in need of medical care.
The Catholic Church has been at the forefront of opposition to every major evolution of social change throughout history. It opposed apostasy (the Inquisition, persecution of non-Christians), winked-eye at the Holocaust, opposed all attempts on the part of women to gain full human rights (reproductive control and the vote among others), stood silent on human rights abuses, has repeatedly covered up sexual assault upon the young by priests, and now uses the poor and needy to push a political agenda.
Niiiiice.
