Keith O'Brien Quotes

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• Same-sex marriage would eliminate entirely in law the basic idea of a mother and a father for every child. It would create a society which…
• If marriage can be redefined so that it no longer means a man and a woman but two men or two women, why stop there?…
• Whatever flaws or personal failings afflict them, it remains the case that the overwhelming majority of priests and politicians are honourable and honest - seeking…
• I might be celibate, but I appreciate the wonder of the sacrament of marriage.
• I hope that increasing numbers of Christians adopt the practice of wearing a cross in a simple and discreet way as a symbol of their…
• I've liked women but I've never felt I wanted to give up my life completely. I've never wanted to go to bed with anybody.
• No Government has the moral authority to dismantle the universally understood meaning of marriage.
• There was no pomp and ceremony in connection with the birth of Jesus - rather the opposite: it took place in simplicity and in poverty.
• To increase aid to the Pakistan government when religious freedom is not upheld is tantamount to an anti-Christian foreign policy.
• Clearly, if it is sensible to hold a referendum on independence, it is crucial that we have one on marriage. It is the only way…
• In Scotland over many years we have cultivated through our justice system what I hope can be described as a 'culture of compassion.' On the…
• In Scotland, Catholics have raised their voices against sectarianism and intolerance directed against the Church. Clearly, these actions show that freedom of religious expression, a…
• My message to David Cameron, as the head of our government, is to seriously think again about this Robin Hood tax, the tax to help…
• Our Prime Minister, Gordon Brown has given the Government's support to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. It is difficult to imagine a single piece…
• Perhaps more than ever before, there is that aggressive secularism and there are those who would indeed try to destroy our Christian heritage and culture…
• The church's teaching on marriage is unequivocal, it is uniquely, the union of a man and a woman and it is wrong that governments, politicians…
• There is no doubt that, as a society, we have become blase about the importance of marriage as a stabilising influence and less inclined to…
• I know that many of you do wear such a cross of Christ, not in any ostentatious way, not in a way that might harm…
• Redefining marriage will have huge implications for what is taught in our schools, and for wider society. It will redefine society since the institution of…

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