Gay marriage is an emerging social trend. That is why it must be true. Praise of Progress likes to see this thinking as evidence we are building on a sure foundation. Consider this editorial letter in the Prairie Messenger, the official Catholic newspaper of Canada's prairie provinces. Some might think our happiness upon reading this letter is exaggerated, since the newspaper is a journal of 'Catholic opinion.' On the contary we are pleased to know this letter meets the standard for Catholic opinion in our church press.


"Galileo observed that the earth moved around the sun. When he suggested that this truth demanded a deeper reading of the Bible he was excommunicated and confined. A similar discovery of the ways of God confronts us today. Scientists have determined that a consistent proportion of the population in every culture is homosexual and lesbian. That means God created them that way. Their sexuality is as much a gift as the sexuality of a heterosexual. Their sexuality is vital to their sense of self-respect and capacity for intimacy. Faced with this basic truth, the church should respond with a careful study and revise its teaching on human sexuality ... Judges have determined that it accords with our Charter of Rights and Freedoms. What else can a conscientious politician do, but respond?" -- Joseph Labonte-Smith, Salmon Arm, B.C.

We think it is good news that the Prairie Messenger continues to allow for debate on issues of faith and morals that religious psychos say is definitively resolved by the deposit of faith.