Cardinal George Comes Out Against Civil Unions | Progress Illinois

Cardinal Francis George, the head of Chicago's Roman Catholic archdiocese, came out against the civil unions bill (SB 1716) that is making its way through the Illinois House. In a statement, Cardinal George said, "Everyone has a right to marry, but no one has the right to change the nature of marriage." House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) told the Sun-Times last week that the legislation had a "good chance" of passing the lower chamber.

via progressillinois.com

I'm not at all surprised by his position. I'm disappointed that he feels the need to bother making a big deal about civil unions, which are not even full marriage and don't even afford us full equality. I'm still really confused about what NOM and the far right would have us do. They SAY they respect and tolerate gays and lesbians, they SAY they don't want to support our mass murder or our imprisonment (yet many on the right do just that in Uganda) but they don't want us to have healthy, long-term, committed relationships. Would they rather it be the 70s? Sigh.